Plan-Switching, Sign-Up Impersonations: Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Persists

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News)

Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his permission. Now the 52-year-old is struggling with his health problems while facing large premium bills he says he shouldn’t owe.

The third time, he sought help from an insurance agent, who got Jones on the phone with the federal healthcare.gov call center to sort things out. During that call, “literally, there was someone opening a new policy without my consent,” Jones said.

Despite new rules that went into effect in mid-2024 aimed at thwarting such unauthorized ACA changes, it’s still happening, said Florida-based agent Jason Fine, who is trying to help Jones and dozens of other clients unravel such switches. Continue reading here…

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