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Investigators from the GAO were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers.

The first six digits of Social Security numbers are now masked on the ACA federal site and direct enrollment partner platforms. The change comes after a report of enrollee plans being switched without consent.

Some consumers "have gone months" without realizing someone had improperly enrolled them in ACA plans, with tax credits that may need repaying. A proposed rule would stop the practice.

Florida Blue has won the first round of a lawsuit filed by a competitor seeking to stop the company from contracting exclusively with insurance agents.The…