Scam artists taking advantage of confusion over health insurance marketplaces

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seems like only yesterday..Oct. 15, 2013...The top online search result using the terms "texas health insurance exchange online" is for Texas Health Insurance Exchange, which sells unsubsidized insurance policies. The broker who owns the website is Scott Thiltgen, a state-licensed insurance agent in Cedar Park, Texas. He said he's also marketing on his Facebook page, Texas Health Insurance Marketplace. Thiltgen said he's not out to confuse consumers.
"It's basically there to have someone they can talk to that knows about the exchange," he said.
He said he's earned the federal certification needed to sell subsidized policies on exchanges, and plans to start once the federal marketplace sorts out its glitches.
"Right now I've got a list of people that are ready to sign up for subsidized exchange plans, but can't," Thiltgen said.

https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2013/10/scam_artists_taking_advantage.html
 
From that same link . . .

Boise, Idaho, insurance agent Tom Shores estimates he'll need to pick up 3,000 new customers to offset commissions cut to about $9 per policy each month. Shores estimates a quarter of his brokerage's 4,000 existing health insurance customers also might learn they're eligible for Medicaid, the government insurance for low-income people, once they enter their financial data into the exchange system.
 
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