Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said on Tuesday there is evidence the Obama administration knows how many people have paid for health insurance purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s online healthcare exchanges.
Camp, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) questioned the administration’s claim that data is inaccessible in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Camp and Brady said they obtained new information that indicates Sebelius’ recent testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee was evasive and “perhaps misleading.”
During a March 12 hearing, Sebelius testified that she didn’t know how many people who selected insurance through the ACA’s healthcare exchange paid their premium.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated in a frequently asked questions section of website that a restatement template should contain information about enrollments that have been effectuated.
“Insurers are submitting information to CMS about who has effectuated their enrollment, i.e., who has paid their premium,” Camp and Brady said. “Please provide this information in its most updated form immediately. It will give the committee and the American people real-time information about the number of individuals who have paid their first month’s premium and are eligible for a tax credit or cost-sharing subsidy. That in and of itself is relevant and important data….”