Lawmakers grapple over Obamacare ‘secret shoppers’

Published September 14, 2016 5:24pm ET



Undercover Obamacare shoppers were at the center of heated disputes at a House hearing Wednesday on the insurance marketplaces set up under President Obama’s healthcare law.

The “secret shoppers,” used by a government watchdog to test oversight in the marketplaces, were largely able to enroll in federally subsidized plans even though they used fraudulent information about personal identity and tax status.

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