The federal health insurance marketplace may have issued subsides to persons not eligible to receive them during the first open enrollment period, a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has found.
To verify the information of an applicants eligibility for a qualified health plan and potential affordability programs, such as a premium tax credit, the federal marketplace uses the Federal Data Services Hub, which includes information from HHS, the Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service and others.
