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Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed to individuals from another state.
“I was in complete shock,” said Hadley, who contacted Heritage after becoming alarmed at the breach of privacy.
Hadley, a North Carolina father, buys his insurance on the individual market. His insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, directed him to HealthCare.gov in a cancellation letter he received in September.
After multiple attempts to access the problem-plagued website, Hadley finally made it past the registration page Thursday. That’s when he was greeted with downloadable letters about eligibility — for two people in South Carolina. (Screenshot below.)
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The letters, dated October 8, acknowledge receipt of an application to the Health Insurance Marketplace and the eligibility of family members to purchase health coverage. One of the letters was addressed to Thomas Dougall, a lawyer from Elgin, SC.
Hadley shared a screenshot and copy of the letter with redacted personal information.
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Hadley wrote to Heritage on Thursday night and also contacted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which administers HealthCare.gov, as well as elected officials in his state. He has yet to hear back from HHS, even though HealthCare.gov still displays the personal information of the South Carolina residents on his account.
Hadley reached out to Dougall on Friday to notify him of the breach. Dougall, who spoke to Heritage this evening, said he was evaluating health care options in early October. Dougall said he was able to register on HealthCare.gov, but decided not to sign up for insurance.
“The plans they offered were grossly expensive and didn’t provide the level of care I have now,” he said.
Read the rest here.
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HealthCare.gov Users Warn of Security Risk, Breach of Privacy
Angle @JimAngleFox I call the http://healthcare.gov 800 #, give my name & address, then put on hold. The guy comes back & says you appear to be in the media. ***************************************
Jim Angle @JimAngleFox I was calling from an unlisted number & gave personal cell as my phone. How did they know? I have no idea but he wouldn’t answer questions.
If you like your privacy, you will be able to keep your privacy. Period.
If you like your freedoms, you will be able to keep your freedoms. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
If you like your paranoia, you will be able to keep your paranoia. Period.
If you like your nut job conspiracies, you will be able to keep your nut job conspiracies. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
If you like your Tea Party nostalgia, you will be able to keep your Tea Party nostalgia. Period.
If you like your quaint experiment in democracy, you will be able to keep your quaint experiment in democracy. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
The victim who has clearly been harmed by having his data displayed to others, said he wants his personal data off the site ASAP. EVERYONE who has entered ANY data should do the same.
It is not enough to SHUT THE SITE DOWN, they must purge and destroy all data as unverifiable. A class action law suit, AN IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION, something has to be done IMMEDIATELY to stop this.
THEY ARE MAKING “fixes” DAILY WITH LIVE DATA FILES!!
From a software change management perspective, that is IRRESPONSIBLE. You CANNOT throw up changed software and then immediately run live data with it. You have to have properly designed test files.
Must be awful for those who attempted to comply with tyranny.
Maybe they will be smarter next time.
I’m not signing up for anything, ever, for any reason.
An interesting intel exercise would be to create a unique false identity and register it on Healthcare.gov. Then watch for GOTV spam from OFA to start to arrive. I’m pretty sure the link between the two will be confirmed.
I am not going near that place! Gives me shivers — ObamaScare is too mild a description.
I'm with you. I dare them to darken my doorstep, I have drawn my line in the sand.
Like that graphic. Thanks for posting.
The problem is that many of these people don’t have a clue and are so blinded by the offer of free stuff that they’d risk their identity.
Wow, talk about evisceration.
Yep, no more.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
They are also blind to the fact that it is the farthest thing from free one could possibly get.
Dougall is a personal Injury atty in Elgin. Wonder who he donates to?
Just use a computor at the library, not your own.
Good question.
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