Here’s another headline to save for future use: “National Health Care Scam based in Flori-duh busted by the Feds. Business fined Millions!”
Per the FTC: “A health care scammer and his company, who tricked Spanish-speaking and other consumers seeking health insurance into buying phony medical discount cards, are banned from selling healthcare-related products, and from telemarketing, under court orders obtained by the Federal Trade Commission.
The orders resolve FTC charges brought in August 2014 against Gary L. Kieper and Partners In Health Care Association, Inc. (PIHC), who falsely claimed that they and their marketers sold health insurance.
The scam targeted people who needed health insurance, were paying high premiums for coverage because they had lost their jobs, or had pre-existing medical conditions. The discount card marketers claimed the “insurance” would pay for doctor and emergency room visits and other services, and at times claimed the “insurance” qualified for “Obamacare.” Instead, PIHC delivered customers a medical discount card that left them uninsured, even though they had paid a fixed enrollment fee and monthly “premiums” ranging from $99 to several hundred dollars.”
They’ve been fined $8.7 Million.
Here’s the FTC release
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