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Fraud crackdown makes ACA open enrollment harder

WBUR
Published November 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM HST
Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 31, 2026. (Wayne Partlow/AP)
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Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 31, 2026. (Wayne Partlow/AP)

Signing up for a new health insurance plan through the federal marketplace is a bit more challenging this year, as applicants face additional requirements to prove they aren’t committing fraud.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Julie Appleby, a correspondent for KFF Health News, about how the changes are affecting Affordable Care Act open enrollment.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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