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Monday, December 16, 2013
Confidential Obamacare Navigator training manual uploaded online
“INFORMATION NOT RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW: This information has not been publicly disclosed and may be privileged and confidential. It is for internal government use only and must not be disseminated, distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive the information. Unauthorized disclosure may result in prosecution to the full extent of the law.”
That is the warning at the bottom of every page of the 217-page confidential Obamacare Navigator training manual sitting online for anyone to come across –and as Watchdog.org reports, that’s exactly what someone did.
Tammy Duffy, a radiation health physicist from New Jersey, was talking with Obamacare Navigators one day and asked a question regarding people who are self-employed, in which they could not provide an answer. She then asked for a copy of the manual, which they would not give her since it’s not meant to be available to the public.
“I asked the nice ladies for a copy and they said I could not have it because it was a government document not for the public. So I thought maybe there is an outline or shorter version that is for the public. I went to Google and typed in ‘healthcare insurance marketplace Navigator SOP,” Duffy said.
Sure enough, a Google search of “Healthcare insurance marketplace Navigator SOP” yields a link back to the “Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator Standard Operating Procedures Manual.” The manual is labeled as “restricted distribution” by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and threatens prosecution to anyone authorized to view it who ultimately disseminates it to unauthorized people — and it’s online for everyone to see.
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Duffy knew she came across something that should not be online and tried reaching out to the federal government informing them of this. Nothing happened.
“I immediately sent an email through the White House web site that these documents are on the web for all to see. I got no response. I also called the White House yesterday and spoke to a volunteer (and said) these restricted documents are on web. I have heard from no one. I also sent it to a friend who works at the Department of Defense and said, ‘Get this taken down.’ It’s still up there.”
The document itself does not seem to contain sensitive information or secrets even though it is labeled confidential.
While nothing within the manual seems to be out of the ordinary or raise eyebrows, it contains parts instructing Navigators how to interact with people they speak with. It also includes sections on “Identifying Personally Identifiable Information,” “IRS Data Safeguards” and “Preventing Fraud.”
However, despite sections on preventing fraud and protecting people’s personal information, Breitbart News obtained an early copy of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee report on Obamacare Navigators that documents Navigators encouraging fraud.
The report titled, Risks of Fraud and Misinformation with ObamaCare Outreach Campaign: How Navigator and Assister Program Mismanagement Endangers Consumers, details how ill-trained the people in charge of signing Americans up for Obamacare actually are.
It notes that ”documents call into question the effectiveness of the Navigator program and the Obama administration’s ability to safeguard consumer information” and that “poorly-trained Navigators gave consumers incorrect information about the health care exchanges, violated HHS rules and procedures, and even encouraged applicants to commit tax fraud in some instances.”
The Oversight committee found:
*Navigators from the Urban League of Dallas were captured on video encouraging applicants to lie on their health insurance application so the applicants could qualify for tax subsidies. Navigators were also recorded advising an applicant to lie about her smoking habits to obtain a lower monthly premium. It was later discovered that two of the so-called Navigators involved in the incident were assisting consumers with their applications even though they had not completed their training and certification requirements.
*One self-identified Navigator gave a television interview in which she told viewers blatantly incorrect information—that applicants’ credit scores could impact their eligibility for certain plans. It later came to light that the woman was not a certified Navigator but rather a volunteer with a Navigator organization.
*Mountain Project, Inc., a Navigator organization in North Carolina, has been collecting and mailing paper applications on behalf of applicants, in violation of Navigator rules and procedures.
Even more worrisome is that Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, previously stated during a hearing that it’s possible felons could be hired into the Navigator role since it lacks background checks.
“Isn’t it true that there is no federal requirement for navigators to undergo a criminal background check,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) asked Sebelius during the hearing on November 6, 2013.
“That is true,” Sebelius answered. “States could add in additional background checks and other features, but it is not part of the federal requirement.”
Cornyn then asked, “So a convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them?”
Sebelius responded, “This is possible.”
To see the full 217-page Obamacare training manual, click here.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Weiner considering return from exile to run for NYC mayor
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By
Edith Honan. NEW YORK | Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:11pm EDT. NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after
tweeting lewd pictures of himself, is considering a run for New York
City mayor, in what many see as wide ...
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Authorities
say a man who lived like a hermit for decades in the woods of central
Maine and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries has been
captured.
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A
week after the death of "Buckwild"reality-TV star Shain Gandee, MTV has
decided to cancel the series. Production on the show's second season
was suspended after news broke last week that the 21-year-old had been
found dead in his truck, along with his ...
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The
world's first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, has led the tributes to the
pioneer of IVF, who has died aged 87. Prof Sir Robert Edwards was
knighted in 2011, five decades after he began experimenting with IVF.
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Tokyo
(CNN) -- Two PAC 3 Patriot anti-missile batteries currently occupy what
is normally a baseball pitch in the leafy grounds of Japan's Ministry
of Defense.
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BEIRUT
- The leader of Al Nusra Front, militant Islamist fighters whose role
in the Syria uprising has raised concerns in Washington, acknowledged
Wednesday for the first time his group's affiliation with Al Qaeda and
the extremist movement's Iraq affiliate.
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Aron
Lund is a Swedish researcher who writes on Syrian jihadists for the
Swedish Institute for International Affairs. He is also one of the
best-informed observers of the insurgency in Syria.
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KUALA
LUMPUR—Malaysia set May 5 to hold what could be its closest general
elections ever, pitting the National Front coalition and its
decades-long rule amid strong economic growth against the opposition and
its pledge to boost living standards and ...
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FORT
MEADE, Md. - The military on Wednesday tightened rules on reporters
covering the court-martial proceedings against Pfc. Bradley Manning
because of a bootleg recording of him speaking at a pretrial hearing in
February that surfaced online.
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A
6-year-old boy shot in the head by his 4-year-old playmate died of his
wounds as investigators in a New Jersey town tried to determine how the
younger boy got hold of a loaded .22-caliber rifle and whether charges
would be filed.
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President
Barack Obama's proposed changes to entitlement programs to curb federal
spending already have sparked opposition from seniors and liberal
groups, but they may still fall short of cuts sought by Republicans for
any bipartisan agreement on deficit ...
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LONDON
- Stock markets rallied on Wednesday, pushing the Standard & Poor's
500 to a record high, after the release of the minutes to the last
policy meeting of the U.S.
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By
Angela Moon. NEW YORK | Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:47pm EDT. NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 climbing to a
new all-time intraday record as investors scooped up technology and
financial shares that recently lagged ...
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China
posted an unexpected trade deficit of $884 million in March as imports
surged by more than 14% following the Lunar New Year holiday.
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Some
50,000 tonnes of meat supplied by two Dutch trading companies and sold
as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat.
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In
February, we reported that Dropbox was snapping up large corporate
accounts, and had released some new security controls. Since then, the
cloud storage company has received innumerable requests from IT admins
for an integration with Active Directory ...
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As
Google's I/O developer event approaches, details about a new unified
messaging service linking all of Google's platforms have been emerging
through internal developer conversations, brief glimpses behind the
curtain provided by error messages, and ...
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Earlier
this week in a peculiar sudden change of direction, Apple removed the
app-discovery application AppGratis from the iTunes App Store —l eaving
AppGratis CEO Simon Dawlat "in total disbelief," seeing as the tech
giant had approved an iPad version ...
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Diddyup! Kate Upton on Feb. 12 in New York City. (Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo, FilmMagic). A "hot couple alert" may be in order.
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The
intense tangle of litigation between director Julie Taymor and the
producers of Broadway's “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” has been
settled, the parties announced Wednesday.
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While
the singer donned his signature suit and tie, his White House
performance was a pretty casual affair. By Emily Blake. Over the past
few months, it seems Justin Timberlake wouldn't be caught dead in an
unpressed suit or tousled hairdo.
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Law
enforcement sources said Wednesday Lindsay Lohan has made arrangmeent
to enter a rehab in New York state in May. Lohan's legal team is not
disclosing the details, but during a late-night appearance with David
Letterman during an appearance on ...
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The
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication Adderall has become
the excuse du jour for players testing positive for a banned substance
in the NFL.
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It's
not often you see a game-winning goaltending call. How about one on a
3-pointer!?! Cue up the atrocious Suns. With the score tied Tuesday
night, Rockets star James Harden heaved a 3-pointer as time expired.
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During
a timeout in Tuesday's game against New Orleans, Kobe Bryant had a talk
with Pau Gasol. "I basically told him, dude, especially when I'm not in
the game, you just gotta go to the block and not move," Bryant
recalled.
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Generations
of Eastern European housewives doing battle against bedbugs spread bean
leaves around the floor of an infested room at night.
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"Dark
lightning" that is almost invisible within clouds may regularly blast
airline passengers with large numbers of gamma rays, scientists find.
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WASHINGTON
| Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:37pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama's proposed 2014 budget includes an increase of $3.9 billion to
support the administration's healthcare overhaul, and cuts programs such
as immunizations ...
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A
new study has revealed that a gene that was once thought to be weakly
associated with Alzheimer's disease risk in white people may almost
double the risk of developing the debilitating neurological disease when
it's present in African-Americans.
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Humans
are on the cusp of discovering how the universe works on its biggest
and smallest scales, Stephen Hawking said during a lecture Tuesday in
Los Angeles.
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