Abbott suggests state will boost requirements on Obamacare navigators

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott hinted strongly Tuesday that Texas may impose additional training and background checks on “navigators” hired under federal grants to help people sign up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

A day before President Barack Obama was to meet with navigators in Dallas, Abbott said his office and the state Department of Insurance have found weaknesses in federal rules.

The flaws could allow criminals to obtain Texans’ personal financial and health information through navigator sloppiness, Abbott warned. Crooks themselves could become navigators, he said.

In a letter to Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber, he urged the department to “move quickly to establish state regulations that will protect Texans’ medical privacy.”

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131105-abbott-suggests-state-will-boost-requirements-on-obamacare-navigators.ece .

[mc51tc]

1. Abbott is full of s**t!

Block ACA at every turn in the state where 6.5 million have no health insurance. It never stops.

[dem in texas]

2. Abbott is a JERK!

All he cares about is pandering to the Texas far-right (and there is plenty of them) plus getting his name in the paper. He cares nothing about all the poor and uninsured Texans. He and Perry are doing everything they can to slow down the enrollment in Obamacare.

[alp227]

3. the same right wingers who complain complain complain about too many regulations on business

NOW find it convenient to want regulations? Great parsing of the mind right here. Libertarian by convenience.