HHS Inspector General To Probe Accuracy Of ACA Subsidy Payments

The HHS Office of the Inspector General has received IRS' permission to access ACA subsidy data and expects to issue a report on the accuracy of payments this spring, an OIG official told lawmakers. Republicans and Democrats have been sparring over whether millions of inconsistencies found in consumers' applications for coverage -- which HHS has had difficulty resolving -- are indicative of fraudulent activity or a sign that many consumers are unknowingly being given inaccurate health insurance subsidy amounts. A...