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thecrow

(5,519 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 04:17 PM Oct 2013

Beware of healthcare.COM ??

I heard one tv head referring people to healthcare.COM instead of healthcare.GOV
Then I started seeing it on facebook, posted by rightwingers. They were complaining that in 2018 employers would have to pay an excise tax for people with Cadillac health plans. Nice that they care, because the people doing to complaining do not and never will make over $250,000 a year.

Does anybody know who owns this site?
I did a whois on the domain name but the registrar seems cloaked.
Maybe someone more adept at this can find out who these people are...?

If you need healthcare, go to HEALTHCARE.GOV to get it.

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thecrow

(5,519 posts)
2. Is someone trying to divert the traffic and confuse people?
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 04:21 PM
Oct 2013

Maybe they should have bought up all the domain names so nobody could divert from the real site.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
3. I'm sure scam artists are trying
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 04:22 PM
Oct 2013

Someone at HHS probably suggested buying up the domain names but was shot down, probably for lack of funds.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
4. yeah, that would have been the thing to do.
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 04:22 PM
Oct 2013

Although if they had, the GOP probably would have had a tantrum over that, too.

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