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Insurance agents can access a policyholder’s coverage through the federal exchange or its direct enrollment platforms using only a person’s name, date of birth, and state. Some consumers covered by ACA insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or fill prescriptions.

Days after publication of a KFF Health News article about Obamacare enrollees being switched to different plans without their knowledge or consent, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took steps to tighten insurance agents’ access to private consumer information on the federal marketplace.

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Until last week, the system that is used to enroll people in federal Affordable Care Act insurance plans inadvertently allowed access by insurance brokers to consumers' full Social Security numbers, information brokers don't need.

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Federal and state regulators are mulling what they can do to thwart this growing problem.

Federal and state regulators aren't doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders, say consumers.

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Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or

Policyholders can lose their doctors and access to prescriptions. Some end up owing back taxes.