Rep. Keith Self, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, posted several statements on October 14, 2025, regarding alleged fraud and spending issues related to the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare), as well as comments about an ongoing government shutdown.
In a post published at 17:58 UTC, Rep. Self shared statistics under the heading “Obamacare Fraud, by the Numbers
improper enrollees: 6.4 million
percentage of improper enrollees: 26%
federal spending on improper enrollees: $27 billion
zero-claim enrollees: 11.7 million
percentage of zero-claim enrollees: 35%
federal spending on zero-claim”.
Later that day at 18:26 UTC, Rep. Self addressed the government shutdown and criticized Democratic lawmakers in another post: “Americans don’t want their hard-earned taxpayer dollars going to this woke nonsense.
We aren’t going to give an inch. Democrats own this shutdown. https://t.co/Yu3pQjg2OR“.
The posts were accompanied by links and references to additional materials or statistics. Rep. Self’s public comments come amid ongoing debates in Congress over federal spending priorities and health care policy.
Rep. Keith Self has been serving in Congress since defeating Sandeep Srivastava in both the 2022 and 2024 general elections, winning by significant margins each time—most recently with 62.5% of the vote in 2024 and previously with 60.5% in 2022.
