One of Paragon’s core missions is to evaluate how government programs actually work and whether benefits are reaching the people they were designed to help, whether programs are improving lives, and whether taxpayer costs are justified. Our research and analysis show that program outcomes often differ substantially from policymakers’ stated objectives and that incentives frequently benefit organized interests at the expense of enrollees and taxpayers.
For the third straight year, we produced a study of improper enrollment in the exchanges. In The Persistent Obamacare Enrollment Fraud, we estimate that there were 6.2 million improper enrollees after the 2026 open enrollment period. On Friday, after analyzing our findings, the Washington Post editorial page wrote: “The scale of the fraud might seem implausible, but the evidence supporting it is compelling.” On June 23 at 1 p.m. EDT, we…
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.