KFF Health News July 19, 2024
The Biden administration on Friday put in place stringent curbs aimed at thwarting rogue insurance brokers from switching consumers’ Affordable Care Act plans without their consent.
The announcement came in response to mounting complaints from consumers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Friday that, in the first six months of the year, more than 200,000 people reported to the agency that they were either enrolled in Obamacare plans or switched from one plan to another without their permission.
KFF Health News began reporting on Affordable Care Act enrollment schemes this spring.
CMS said insurance agents will be blocked from making changes to any Obamacare enrollments made through the federal marketplace, healthcare.gov, unless the agent is already “associated” with...
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