By Bo Erickson and Christy Santhosh

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is halting enrollment in Obamacare health plans for more than 760,000 enrollees it believes were fraudulently signed up, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, part of an ‌anti-fraud effort he estimated would save $2.2 billion in taxpayer money.

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services canceled about 315,000 plans last ‌month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments.

The agency will bar 569 brokers it accused of submitting "statistically implausible rates of plan year 2026 applications" without necessary ​applicant information such as a Social Security number.

The plans, created by Democratic President Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act, offer income-based subsidies. Republican President Donald Trump sought unsuccessful...