House panel issues subpoenas to eight health insurers: Axios

Subpoenas were issued to Elevance, CVS, Centene, GuideWell, Oscar Health, Kaiser Permanente, Health Care Service Corp. and Blue Shield of California by Republican House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, the report said.

CVS told Reuters it had received the letter and was cooperating, while Centene said it was providing information to the House Judiciary Committee to fight fraud and increase access.

The other companies did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. The committee could not be immediately reached.

Health insurers have faced criticism as millions of Americans face dramatic increases in their Obamacare insurance costs following the expiration of special Covid-era tax credits.

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan issued subpoenas on Monday to compel health insurers to send lawmakers more information on their subsidized ACA enrollees and to discuss subsidy-related fraud, the committee told Axios.

The insurers must send the information to the House Judiciary Committee by Feb. 23, according to subpoenas viewed by Axios.

Jordan had asked the companies for documents and information in December after federal auditors showed they had obtained subsidized coverage for almost two dozen individuals who did not exist and identified other fraud risks in the system, the report said.

The subpoenas request documents showing the number of enrollees at each organization receiving ACA subsidies and the amount of subsidy funding it received between 2020 and 2025, according to documents viewed by Axios.

The follow‑up letters sent to the insurers on Monday, along with the subpoenas, indicated that while each company replied to the December inquiry, none of the responses met Jordan’s expectations, Axios reported.