Defund Obamacare/ The Shark Tank
By JAVIER MANJARRES
The “Navigators” program set up to help Americans sign up for the disastrous Obamacare law, is once again taking another punch to the gut, as questions continue to come up, as to how reliable these so-called “navigators” really are.Congressmen Darrell Issa(R-CA) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) appeared on Fox News, stating that Navigators “do not follow the rules that every state of the union has for insurance people,” adding that there is no way to know whether a navigator is a felon or identity thief, because the necessary bonding and fingerprinted has not been done.
The two Congressman recently penned an op-ed, in which they gave the reasons for their concerns about the navigator program.
On queue, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, stated that navigators receive 20 hours of additional ‘specialized’ training, and that the scrutiny brought down upon the program is nothing more than an effort by the GOP to “sabotage the Affordable Care Act.”take our poll - story continues belowDo you think the 2nd Amendment will be destroyed by the Biden Administration?(2)
Completing this poll grants you access to Shark Tank updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.First, the law does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud. This is particularly dangerous because navigators may have access to applicants’ personally identifiable information, including Social Security number, date of birth, address, phone number and annual income. This poorly conceived program endangers families and individuals across the country by heightening the risk of identity theft or financial loss.
In letters, interviews with administration officials, hearings and reports, Congress has repeatedly asked the administration: Why has the federal government failed to issue proper consumer protection guidelines for Obamacare’s navigators?
Even as U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted before Congress that the lack of federal requirements raises a “possible” problem, the administration has continued to call common-sense safeguards “cumbersome.”Second, navigators are only required to take a five- to 20-hour online training course and pass a quiz that they can take as many times as needed. The lack of sufficient training for navigators stands in stark contrast to the requirements placed upon health care underwriters whose job it is to help people enroll in health insurance plans.
The American people deserve to know why the administration believes that inadequately trained navigators are qualified to help guide them through such an important process as signing up for health care.
Finally, the lack of federal oversight of the navigator program has already led to reports of improper and illegal behavior, including two instances in North Texas. In Dallas, a navigator recommended that an applicant lie about his income in order to qualify for additional subsidies to lessen the costs of his health care plan. In Irving, a part-time receptionist who worked at a navigator center encouraged an individual to lie about his tobacco use to keep his premiums down.-Dallas Morning News
Florida Governor Rick Scott, along with his entire Republican cabinet, has come under fire from the Democrat Party, for “obstructing” the implementation of Obamacare, by questioning the Navigators program, and its collecting of vital enrollee information.
It is surprising that they can’t have an insurance background, that’s surprising.
Scott added, my concern is the we don’t have control over how the data is going to be used, as you know privacy has been a big issue for me. I’m concerned about privacy, we don’t know how this information is going to be used . I think we are all a little bit surprised about how much data is being tracked by the federal government-Gov. Rick Scott, Shark Tank
