CMS Sets Up SEP For Victims Of Sham Health Plan Marketer Fined By FTC

CMS tells Inside Health Policy that it has opened a special enrollment period on healthcare.gov for consumers who were misled into purchasing non-ACA compliant “sham” health plans by the health care marketing firm Benefytt. Last month, the Federal Trade Commission and Benefytt agreed to a corrective action plan that required the company put $100 million into a pool to provide consumers refunds, inform them about the complaint and let them cancel products, and to disclose the features of all...