There are more than
700 fake Obamacare websites. The feds are hesitating to take them down because they have signed up more people that the real site. (snark)
(Reuters) -
Authorities in California shut down 10 fake Obamacare websites, amid
nationwide concern among law enforcement officials about potential fraud
during the program's rollout, the state's attorney general said on
Thursday.
The sites, which mimicked the official "Covered California" affordable health insurance
website, were removed from the internet in an effort to stop fraud
connected to the rollout, said a spokesman for California Attorney
General Kamala Harris, who ordered the sites to close after a month-long
investigation.
"These
websites fraudulently imitated Covered California in order to lure
consumers away from plans that provide the benefits of the Affordable
Care Act," Harris said in a statement. "My office will continue to
investigate and shut down these kinds of sites."
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