GAO Sting Finds It Easy to Fake It, Get Obamacare Premiums
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"We are seeing a trend with Obamacare information systems: under every rock, there is incompetence, waste and the potential for fraud," committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, told NBC News. "Last month, we found that the administration was unable to verify income or eligibility for insurance subsidies. Now, we learn that in many cases, the exchange is unable to screen out fake identities or documents."
"No wonder hard-working Americans are fed up with a government that spends too much on broken programs that aren't doing the job they're intended to. We can and must do better."
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal government will have to shell out $36 billion for all coverage provisions for fiscal year 2014 and another $1.4 trillion for fiscal years 2015–2024.
"For each of our six online applications that were among the total group of 12, we failed to clear an identity checking step," he added. "However, we subsequently were able to obtain coverage for all six of these applications begun online by completing them by phone." As of July 17, two of the fake applicants were told their citizenship had been verified.