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Tax time triggers fraud alarms for some Obamacare enrollees

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Tax season is when some consumers learn they were fraudulently enrolled in an ACA plan or switched to a different one without their knowledge.

Those unauthorized enrollments or changes took off in late 2023 and continued through last year , drawing more than 274,000 complaints.

The amount owed could range from a few hundred dollars to thousands , with some caps based on income.

Congress must decide whether to extend premium tax credits that were enhanced during the covid pandemic.

Keeping them in place would add $335 billion to the deficit through 2034 .

Premiums could more than double in some states, including many GOP -led ones, such as Texas , Mississippi , Utah , Wyoming , West Virginia .

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