Scammers look to take advantage of health law

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Jun 2 2010
WFRV: The Green Bay CBS affiliate is reporting that the "Better Business Bureau is putting out an alert about health insurance related scams." Scammers have been more active since the health bill passed. "As part of the scam, consumers are being offered bogus insurance that claims to be part of the new federal regulations" (5/31).

Kaiser Health NewsThis article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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