2404: Open Enrollment, Open Season for Scammers
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2404: Open Enrollment, Open Season for Scammers

This is the story of Simple Health Plans, a $150 million health insurance scam that preyed on desperate Americans and left thousands buried in medical debt. We'll meet Dawn, who nearly fell victim to their scheme, and Steven Dorfman, the mastermind who spent over a million dollars on jewelry while his customers discovered their "insurance" was worthless. With Open Enrollment happening right now, scammers are out in full force. This episode will help you spot the red flags and protect yourself. PROTECT YOURSELF - ESSENTIAL RESOURCES Verify a Company is Legitimate: - NAIC.org - Find your state insurance commissioner - Google: Company name + "scam" or "complaint" Shop for Real ACA Health Insurance: - HealthCare.gov - Federal Marketplace - LocalHelp.HealthCare.gov - Get free help from navigators Report Fraud: - ReportFraud.FTC.gov - File FTC complaint - Contact your State Insurance Department RED FLAGS: ✗ Not listed with state insurance department ✗ Pressure to sign up immediately ✗ Won't provide documents before purchase ✗ Suspiciously low prices ✗ Can't ask questions during "verification" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 8

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 8

Gypsy Rose Blanchard thought no one was listening. For years, everything she said from inside Chillicothe was being recorded. Now it's public. More than five hundred hours of it. Some of those recor...

29 Sep 40min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 7

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 7

"I didn't f---ing get my own f---ing mother murdered just so I could live for everybody else." That is Gypsy Rose Blanchard on a recorded prison line, saying the quiet part out loud. She had taken th...

22 Sep 42min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 6

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 6

There are people online right now who don't believe Dee Dee Blanchard had Munchausen by proxy. Some of them don't believe Munchausen by proxy is a real thing at all. So if the abuse wasn't real, how d...

15 Sep 41min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, part 5

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, part 5

According to the anti-Gypsy camp, they've found it. The smoking gun. Gypsy Rose Blanchard has a rare genetic disorder, a microdeletion on chromosome 1, and depending on who you ask online, that one wo...

8 Sep 42min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 4

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 4

According to the anti-Gypsy camp, they've got the receipts. Gypsy really had leukemia. She really needed that bone marrow treatment, and the feeding tube and the surgeries were all real and documented...

1 Sep 39min

The Stalker: Shelbey Fernandez Speaks, Part 23

The Stalker: Shelbey Fernandez Speaks, Part 23

It's like getting to the end of a movie and discovering the twist, then going back to the beginning because every scene means something else. That's what I've been doing all week with the Rick and Tan...

28 Aug 25min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 3

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 3

Long before Gypsy Rose Blanchard's mother was murdered, the tension inside that house was already at a breaking point. The private videos between Gypsy and Nick Godejohn that nobody was supposed to se...

25 Aug 37min

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part  2

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 2

Her critics say Gypsy Rose Blanchard can't keep her story straight. So I sat down with her for almost three hours and asked about all of it. The pills through the feeding tube. The video where she tel...

18 Aug 42min

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