<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Revision:%20Trump/No, DOGE didn't stop supposed $2.6M annual 'Obamacare' royalty payments to Obama%20-%2020260302211712" style="border:1px solid #555; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:4px; color:#a89ee8; text-decoration:none; font-size:0.9em; background-color:#2a2a2a;">📩 Submit a Revision/Addition</a> ![[signal-2025-11-10-05-12-45-407.jpg]] ## A satirical site facetiously claimed Obama had been charging royalties for the use of "Obamacare" since 2010. ### Published Feb. 27, 2025  **Image courtesy of Getty Images/Snopes illustration** Claim: The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency stopped an annual payment of $2.6 million to former President Barack Obama for "royalties associated with Obamacare." Rating: [ Labeled Satire](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rating/labeled-satire) [About this rating](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rating/labeled-satire) A rumor that the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stopped an annual payment of $2.6 million to former President Barack Obama is circulating online. For example, Facebook account America's Last Line Of Defense [posted the claim](https://www.facebook.com/ALLODSatire/posts/pfbid0rHDhdC9ghEB6FLUMe5VWt15ZGxCqa2qpkV6TBbLpxtZiStvwAjhJRZPSfKsVLXRCl?rdid=qXdNFADZWH2TR9eP#) ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250226191823/https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FALLODSatire%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0rHDhdC9ghEB6FLUMe5VWt15ZGxCqa2qpkV6TBbLpxtZiStvwAjhJRZPSfKsVLXRCl%3Frdid%3DqXdNFADZWH2TR9eP)) in February 2025: > He's been charging the taxpayer for using his name, even though the actual name of Obamacare is " The Affordable Care Act." > > DOGE stopped an annual payment to Barack Obama for $2.6 million for " royalties associated with Obamacare " > > He's been collecting it since 2010, for a total of $39 million taxpayer dollars. As of this writing, the post had received more than 2,600 reactions and users had shared it more than 3,500 times. Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence that DOGE cut off an annual payment to Obama, nor that Obama was receiving such an annual payment. Like all former presidents, Obama does get an annual pension that is unrelated to t he Affordable Care Act, which is *informally* known as Obamacare. The rumor about the U.S. government owing Obama royalty payments originated with (also known as "," or ALLOD) — a website and social media account that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. Its [About Page](https://archive.is/JMgzH) states: > Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site's pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. Besides a watermark on the actual image of the post that indicates satire and says "nothing on this page is real," the bio of the site's Facebook account also states: > The flagship of the ALLOD network of trollery and propaganda for cash. > Nothing on this page is real. The [fictional story](https://archive.is/QL2BX) spread as DOGE continued to make headlines for [cutting funding of U.S. government programs](https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/05/trump-elon-musk-dismantling-usaid/) and mass firing of federal employees at an unprecedented pace. The Dunning-Kruger Times has a history of making up stories for shares and comments. Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims stemming from the site in the past, including the assertion that [U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi's vineyard received $14 million in USAID funding](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-vineyard-usaid/) and a rumor that half [the fire trucks in Los Angeles are electric or take 10 hours to recharge.](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/la-fire-trucks/) For background, here is [why](https://www.snopes.com/notes/snopes-satire-parody/) we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical. #### Sources 'About Us'. *Dunning-Kruger-Times.Com*, 1 Aug. 2022, https://dunning-kruger-times.com/about-us/.