CMS Reinstates Some ACA Enrollees Cut in Fraud Sweep
KFF Health News reports that after the Trump administration canceled 760,000 ACA marketplace enrollments it attributed to fraud, CMS has quietly reinstated a small number of people whose coverage was wrongly terminated, according to insurance industry sources. A second phase targeting an additional 419,000 sign-ups is underway, with insurers required to report non-responsive enrollees to CMS by mid-to-late November. CMS has an expedited review process for people who discover they were improperly disenrolled, but the agency has disclosed little about outreach efforts, reversal timelines, or total reinstatement numbers. Policy experts, including Georgetown's Katie Keith, question how many legitimate consumers were swept up and criticize the administration's lack of transparency; the cuts apply only to the 32 states using healthcare.gov, not the 21 state-run marketplaces.