Obamacare Subsidy Errors Worse Than Expected.
Way worse. Like "we can't stop them from covering illegal immigrants and other criminals" worse.
Wow, it's turning out just like we said it would.http://www.humanevents.com/2014/07/0...than-expected/
Back when the rickety ObamaCare computer system was coughing and wheezing to life, critics warned that its incomplete systems would produce a large volume of data errors… and some of those errors were tied to enormous taxpayer subsidies. A couple of weeks ago, news began bubbling out that the subsidy errors were even worse than the skeptics feared, which led me to anticipate “it’s going to be a mite uncomfortable for those who suddenly discover they weren’t eligible for some portion of their ObamaCare subsidies after all.”
Further investigation revealed that it would also be pretty darn uncomfortable for the American taxpayer, who would be left on the hook for a great deal of the improperly-paid subsidy money. Not only would it be difficult to recoup the money from people who can’t afford to repay it (and from people who never should have been able to get into the system at all, such as those who lack valid U.S. citizenship) but there are actually laws that cap the amount of improperly-distributed subsidy money we can get back from low-income erroneous recipients.
The Inspector General issued a report today, and Senator Coburn didn’t find it encouraging. ”The reports released today highlight that the federal government lacks necessary safeguards to prevent taxpayers from providing improper subsidies to illegal immigrants, individuals who are incarcerated, or individuals whose income is too high to qualify for a subsidy,” Coburn said in a statement. “The Obama Administration has failed to keep its promise that effective controls were in place to prevent waste and fraud in Obamacare payments. These reports show a trend of broken promises in Obamacare’s botched implementation.
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