Posted on 12/07/2013 6:09:05 PM PST by Libloather
LOS ANGELES – The California health exchange says it's been giving the names of tens of thousands of consumers to insurance agents without their permission or knowledge in an effort to hit deadlines for coverage.
The consumers in question had gone online to research insurance options but didn't ask to be contacted, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
Officials with Covered California, the exchange set up in response to the federal health law, said they began providing names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses if available this week in a pilot program. They said they thought it would help people meet a Dec. 23 deadline to have health insurance in place by Jan. 1.
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The list, Ping
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I would like to know how the state selected agents for these calls. I and about 13,000 other agents in the state would be most interested in filing a complaint.
Heh. I use my old land line for that.
Never answer. They’ll leave a message if it’s important.
It’s my choice to call them back or not.
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If that were Medicare they would go to jail. The CMS allows this?
This is the same for sales of Medicare plans.
Obamacare/Dumbocare/Demwitcare/Zerocare probably has an indemnification clause to exempt privacy violators from prosecution.
Thanks Libloather, additional,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3099491/posts
Thanks for the reply. Looks like they are getting more aggressive. They need to. Closing date isn’t that far away.
I’d love to know the number of folks who are completely signed up and ready to make their first payment on Jan 2, 2014.
Maybe there are none?
...unexpectedly...
Wouldn’t that be a hoot...
Yes, I use my old land line.
It’s made life simpler. I get very few junk calls on my cell, one or two a month.
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