Idahoans warned about health insurance scammers

The Idaho Department of Insurance has been made aware of a possible scam by a company using deceptive practices to market health insurance in Idaho. Your Health Idaho, Idaho’s health insurance exchange, has received complaints from consumers about an organization called National Enrollment Center. Mwultiple attempts to contact the company went unanswered or were disconnected.

The Department of Insurance has a list of tips and information for consumers who are contacted by anyone attempting to sell insurance:

Open enrollment for health insurance will run November 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017 – no special “state enrollment period” for individual health insurance exists. Anyone offering insurance plans through an “enrollment period” outside of open enrollment is not selling an ACA-compliant policy.

No one offering ACA-compliant health care coverage will ask if you have a pre-existing condition.

The federal government will not call you to sell you health insurance.

Never provide bank account or health information or agree to any request to send money over the phone. If you are being pressured to provide this information, hang up.

The Idaho Department of Insurance has been regulating the business of insurance in Idaho since 1901.

Information: www.doi.idaho.gov or by calling 800-721-3272