Undaunted Obama goes on ACA offensive, as new fraud risks revealed
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Just as President Barack Obama was declaring he was undaunted by the problems that have plagued the rollout of his healthcare reform law – launching an all-out public relations blitz on 3 December aimed at focusing on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in an attempt to salvage the law's image – another problem crept up, with government investigators reporting the tax credits intended to lure Americans to buy health plans through the exchanges are vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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