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The lawsuit filed in federal court in South Florida alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.
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The first six digits of Social Security numbers are now masked on the ACA federal site and direct enrollment partner platforms. The change comes after a report of enrollee plans being switched without consent.
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Federal and state regulators are mulling what they can do to thwart the growing problem. Rogue health insurance brokers are switching consumers' plans without permission and collecting the commission.
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Rogue insurance agents access consumer information on the federal marketplace and make the changes. Policyholders can lose their doctors and end up owing back taxes.
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The presidential election is likely to turn on the simple question of whether Americans want Donald Trump back in the White House. But health care tops the list of household financial worries for adults from both parties.
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Several factors contributed to this year’s record-high 4.2 million enrollment in Florida and 21.3 million nationally.
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The ACA designers might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didn’t reckon with America’s ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.
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A record 21.3 million people signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace during the 2024 open enrollment period, according to a final tally announced by CMS.
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With the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday approaching, Florida has more than 4 million Obamacare enrollees. Nationally, the ACA added 3.7 million for a record tally of about 20 million.
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More than 19 million people have already signed up for health insurance through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. And you can still enroll through Jan. 16.