Lawmakers angry states may improperly collect Obamacare fees

By Robert King, Robert King

Published December 20, 2015

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House members want the Obama administration to answer whether states are improperly pocketing money from insurers.

The lawmakers wrote to the administration Wednesday to get information on user fees paid by insurers in exchange for selling plans on the federally run healthcare.gov.

The Republican lawmakers are concerned about four states — Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon — that set up their own Obamacare exchanges but have abandoned them and now rely on healthcare.gov.