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Suzanimal
06-17-2015, 04:20 PM
The Obama administration cannot account for nearly $3 billion in subsidies paid to insurance companies in 2014, according to a government watchdog.

Those dollars are untraceable because the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) did not have “effective” methods to do so, according to a report from the department’s inspector general.

That lack of internal control means "a significant amount of federal funds are at risk," the report, released Tuesday, warns, though government health officials said they have resolved, or are working to resolve, most of the issues.

For four months in ObamaCare’s first year of offering insurance subsidies, HHS officials could not confirm that payments were made “to confirmed enrollees and in the correct amounts,” according to the report. State-run marketplaces also had no way of submitting enrollee eligibility data.

Part of the problem is that the department relies too heavily on insurance companies to say which customers have paid their premiums and therefore who should receive subsidies, the report states.

The payments occurred during the rollout of ObamaCare’s insurance exchanges, a tumultuous period for the administration.

Officials from HHS dismissed the findings but acknowledged they have “not established a computerized payment system.”

The department is still piloting a program with insurance companies that lets the government automatically obtain enrollment data from HealthCare.gov rather than from the companies.

Officials also told the inspector general that an outside auditor had recently reviewed its payment process and “reported no significant issues.”

The inspector general is planning a more far-reaching review that would dive into the eligibility of each enrollee and how much each person claimed for reimbursement. This report had been limited to payments sent directly to insurers.

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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/245257-audit-government-cant-explain-3b-in-obamacare-payments

Ronin Truth
06-18-2015, 05:05 AM
Any clues yet on those missing Pentagon TRILLIONS from 2001?