HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hundreds of thousands of Americans are being kicked off their Obamacare health plans, after the Trump administration accused them of fraud.
The state DCCA’s Insurance Division says more than 23,000 Hawaii residents are covered by Obamacare or Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans this year, which are sold by two carriers: HMSA and Kaiser Permanente. HMSA says it has about 18,000 enrollees.
Unlike bigger states, Hawaii’s marketplace is run entirely on the federal exchange Healthcare.gov, so the state doesn’t manage enrollment. It’s not clear how many of Hawaii’s enrollees are caught up in this national fraud sweep.
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