ObamaCare Fraud Alert
Aug 30 2010
Warning to Everyone, Really
From California’s San Bernardino County’s Department of Aging and Adult Services comes the following advisory:
Scammers, under the guise of being government officials, are contacting seniors either by phone, e-mail or in some cases in person and questioning if they have health insurance, according to a release. If the victim answers they do not, the con-artist threatens to put the senior in jail for not complying with alleged health care policies, officials said.
The scammers then offer the victim to sell them “ObamaCare” insurance to keep the elderly person out of jail.
According to government officials, there is no such policy, nor is there “ObamaCare” coverage.
Under the current national health care bill, the requirement to have health insurance doesn’t go into effect until 2014. And even then, those who do not have coverage cannot be jailed, county officials said. Instead, a gradual fine system will kick in.It’s unclear how many victims there may be in San Bernardino County or locally. Anyone who feels they may have been victimized is asked to call their local law enforcement station or call Adult Protective Services at (877) 565-2020.
Full story via VVDailyPress.com – http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/health-21359-scammers-officials.html
Weak. Preying on the elderly is disgusting. I’ve been seeing an uptick in the myth of people being jailed without any insurance, but not much in the way of coherent arguments against it. Let’s hope nobody falls for this crap again and they introduce a few people to the health care system they have in jail…
PS – I realize I used ObamaCare in the title after railing against it, but try to share this news without using the title of the scam. Still, verify.
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