You can't start buying individual health insurance through your state's health insurance marketplace (or "exchange") until Oct. 1, 2013. That's the date set by the new health reform law, the Affordable Care Act. But scammers are trying to get consumers to sign up for bogus plans in advance of that date—and make off with their money, the Federal Trade Commission has warned.
The agency first warned in May that it had received reports from consumers and other federal agencies that scammers were offering enrollment in individual plans months before the marketplaces actually open in October. Typically the scammers try to get the person to give up money, personal information, or both.
Obamacare | Financial Scams - Consumer Reports News
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