Christina Pearson, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human services, estimated that 500,000 people could receive notices as part of the “enrollment reconciliation process.”
People have the option of staying in their original plan, but must indicate that desire by calling that insurer. Otherwise, the letter says, “you will no longer be able to use your membership card.”
“We try to reach people in 12 languages, and even then it’s difficult,” Rosenstein said. “We have not received any statistics from the federal government on the number of people who will be affected.”.

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