CA Obamacare Director Reveals Counselors Paid $58 for ‘Each Successful Enrollment’

Dana Howard, the deputy director of California’s Healthcare Exchange program, appeared on conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt’s program on Friday where he revealed an interesting detail about the incentives for Affordable Care Act navigators. Howard revealed that enrollment counselors are paid $58 for each individual they successfully enroll in the California’s insurance exchanges.

Hewitt quizzed Howard about the steps that California is taking in order to ensure that the data potential ACA enrollees provide to enrollment counselors is secure. When Hewitt asked how many counselors there were in the state and what they were paid, Howard revealed that there were slightly less than 1,500 presently and they were not paid directly by teh state.

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However, Howard did reveal that counselors are “paid $58 per successful enrollment.”

“There’s a bounty on enrollment?” Hewitt asked.

“There is not a bounty on enrollment,” Howard clarified. “The enrollment entities are paid $58 per successful enrollment.”

“When did that policy get adopted?” Hewitt asked.

“That has always been,” Howard replied. He could not, however, say whether other states were pursuing a similar policy.

Listen to the clip below via The Hugh Hewitt Show:

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