Posted on 09/13/2016 10:39:52 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
A recent "undercover enrollment" investigation conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that pretty much anyone can sign up for Obamacare and receive taxpayer funded incentives without having to worry about pesky little details like proving citizenship, identity or income-based needs. In fact, the study found that every single one of its 15 fictitious Obamacare applications were actually approved for coverage despite intentional application omissions, fictitious identification and citizenship documentation, etc. Moreover, all of the applications were also approved for federal subsidies which totaled $60,000 per year.
Per the GAO:
Our undercover testing for the 2016 coverage year found that the eligibility determination and enrollment processes of the federal and state marketplaces we reviewed remain vulnerable to fraud, as we previously reported for the 2014 and 2015 coverage years. For each of our 15 fictitious applications, the marketplaces approved coverage, including for 6 fictitious applicants who had previously obtained subsidized coverage but did not file the required federal income-tax returns. Although IRS provides information to marketplaces on whether health-care applicants have filed required returns, the federal Marketplace and our selected state marketplace allowed applicants to instead attest that they had filed returns, saying the IRS information was not sufficiently current. The marketplaces we reviewed also relaxed documentation standards or extended deadlines for filing required documentation. After initial approval, all but one of our fictitious enrollees maintained subsidized coverage, even though we sent fictitious documents, or no documents, to resolve application inconsistencies.
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All but one of our fictitious enrollees maintained subsidized coverage, even though we sent fictitious documents, or no documents, to resolve application inconsistencies.
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No worries, the fake names won’t be voting...I’m pretty sure.
Taxpayers are getting taken to the cleaners. I’m going to be paying full price for a policy AND my taxes, which are propping up this fraud.
Some how Obama’s cronies made money out of this disaster. That’s a sure bet.
No kidding? Who would have thought that the LIB/DIM/RINO idiots who oversee this obmanation would have tolerated (or promoted) fraud?
Probably.
It is almost impossible to fire a Federal employee even for gross negligence. In most cases (except for an outright crime) it would take months of detailed documentation, counseling, and additional supervision. In the end probably the best one could expect is a reassignment to another position of equal pay or perhaps a slightly lower step.
It isn't easy or quick. All the cards are stacked on the side of the faulty employee unless blatant criminality is involved you can prove in court. Chances are this fraud is done all the time at this application level and has been baked into the procedures and accepted so the employee would not be faulted. The most you could hope for is a "change" or tightening of the rules and go on from there.
good question. seems to be twitter & facebook.
Obamacare is a farce. My son (unemployed with no income) attempted to sign up for it and the site said he was not eligible. So come tax time since he is not insured and has no income will the expect him to pay the fine?
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