US says it canceled Obamacare policies for 760,000 people last month

"A blanket moratorium on new agent and broker registrations would punish legitimate professionals instead of targeting the bad actors responsible for fraud," said Mychal Walker, president of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals, a trade group representing health-insurance agents and brokers.

The association urged CMS to reconsider any moratorium and instead focus on targeted safeguards and enforcement that stop fraudulent activity while protecting consumers’ access to legitimate, licensed agents and brokers.

A report by the US Department of Health and Human Services released earlier this year estimated that nearly half of new Obamacare enrollments between 2021 and 2024 may have been improper, phantom or fraudulent. CMS said more than 1 million enrollees received coverage without providing a social security number.