It’s sick what some scammers will do to your healthcare.
As if the ObamaCare website didn’t already have enough problems. Weeks after it launched, many people were still having problems with the site, and as of the writing of this blog, the site was completely down for repairs once again.
But that’s not even the latest issue to plague a healthcare program that has been called everything from a disaster in the making to a train wreck. No, the latest word about the Not-So-Affordable Health Care Act is that scammers are defrauding people attempting to use the site to sign up for health insurance coverage.
How are they trying to clean out the bank accounts of Americans seeking healthcare coverage? Well, in Tennessee, for example, scam artists are calling people and claiming that they need their Social Security numbers in order to sign them up for a new ObamaCare insurance card.
Other scammers randomly call consumers and offer to walk them through the process of applying for ObamaCare at a cost of $100. Others are making calls to people claiming they need to update their Medicare profiles. Still others are setting up illegitimate websites they want people to visit instead of the legitimate ones.
Why is it so easy to fool people? Because the law requires that consumers share personal data, including their income, and because while there is one official federal website, there are also sites run by the states, plus third-party sites that connect consumers with insurance brokers. The more legitimate sites there are, the easier it is to lead people to a bogus one.
If you want to get healthcare insurance through ObamaCare, you should go through the federal website (www.healthcare.gov) rather than dealing with potential scammers over the phone. Oh wait, that’s right, the site’s not working.
Has anyone tried to scam you regarding ObamaCare? If you’ve visited the federal website, what has your experience been like? I’d love to hear from you about this and I’m sure other blog readers would, too.
Dear Frank,
Since I’m old and been on medicare for years now, you’d think there would be no big deal. HOWEVER!!!!
I had to completely reapply, jump though the same old hoops and a dozen new ones of red tape.
In the interim, I had a long standing appointment for my annual checkup, I figured all was well, went to the appt. and a couple weeks later got a call from my doc , 25 years, “Your Medicare claim was rejected!”
I tried to call Social Security … was referred to the Obamacare website. Tried that … was a %$&#@ useless effort, no matter what time of day or night I tried to get on, even at 0300 hours, the system was down, or wouldn’t let me past the first or second opening pages.
I won’t bore you with details, but it took months and finally a call from my attorney to Social Security to get things squared away!!!
Now, I just got notice in the mail from AHC my authorized provider is now in Loveland, CO 114 miles away! GGGGRRRRRR!!!! Called that office and they apologized, saying they have been swamped with calls from all around the state of people who got the same notice … and they are a small clinic!!!!
We have numerous friends that are just livid as well … Insurance they’ve had and trusted … CANCELLED … Programs they had to take from Obama-Nightmare-Care … costing more while providing less or unneeded services (Maternity for retied persons, etc.) .., higher pre-pay (not post co-pay) … can’t remain with trusted doctors or facilities, the list goes on and on!
What a frigging bureaucratic abomination The Affordable Health Care Act is.
Pulling Out what Little Hair I have Left,
Orrin
What? You don’t want to drive over 100 miles to your annual doctor’s visit? What’s the problem?
argh.
I’m so glad I decided not to get insurance at all. Saves me a LOT of headaches from ObamaScare. I’m retired and I’ve never been sick a day in my life, not even a headache. And with my knowledge of alternative medical care, I can do a better job on myself than any ignorant lamestream physician.