The government is asking hundreds of thousands of people who enrolled in subsidized insurance coverage through the federally administered HealthCare.gov website to provide additional documents to verify information to resolve data discrepancies in their insurance applications, according to a report in The New York Times.
A data discrepancy in an application means the information the individual supplied on their application does not match the information the government has on record. About 1.2 million people have inconsistencies related to income, approximately 505,000 have discrepancies with immigration data and about 461,000 have inaccuracies concerning citizenship information.
If the data discrepancies go unresolved, it could affect what the individuals pay for health insurance coverage and possibly their legal right to obtain the insurance coverage.
To resolve the immigration and citizenship discrepancies, the government is asking affected individuals to supply documents such as copies of birth certificates, Social Security cards, high school diplomas, pay stubs and voter registration cards, according to the Times.
CMS is reaching out to affected consumers via mail, email and phone calls in an effort to obtain supporting documentation and resolve the discrepancies.
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