A shocking new report by the Office of Inspector General puts all of the claims of Obamacare’s enrollment success into serious doubt.
The Obama administration is struggling to resolve widespread data discrepancies that could call into question coverage for millions under the health overhaul, the government’s health care fraud watchdog reported Tuesday.In a pair of reports, the Health and Human Services inspector general found that key personal details submitted by many consumers do not match up with records the government has on file.
It also found shortcomings in the internal safeguards used by the federal insurance exchange and some state marketplaces to check the accuracy of information submitted by consumers. That’s critically important, because it can affect an individual’s eligibility for taxpayer-subsidized health insurance.
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According to these reports, the Obama Administration has failed to correct roughly 90 percent of the data discrepancies with its Obamacare signups. This data failure could further jeopardize coverage for millions of Americans who thought they had it. Many of these millions already had their insurance cancelled last fall when they were forced onto the Obamacare exchanges.
President Barack Obama celebrated 8 million sign-ups as proof that technical problems which initially kept many consumers from enrolling had finally been overcome. It now turns out that some of those problems continued, only out of sight. The inspector general said the efforts of the administration and states to clear up the discrepancies were complicated by lingering computer issues.“The federal marketplace was generally incapable of resolving most inconsistencies,” the report said.
This latest news makes the White House’s victory lap look even more premature, but it once again reinforces how unworkable and deeply flawed Obamacare is and how important it is for the country that the law is repealed.