Deadline to clear up health law eligibility near

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance unless they act quickly to resolve questions about their citizenship or immigration status. The government is warning that they have until Sept. 5 to show that they're eligible.<br /> <br /> Of the 8 million people who signed up for private coverage through President Barack Obama's law, more than 2 million at one point had discrepancies of one sort or another that could have affected their eligibility. That number has been greatly reduced - but the remaining cases are proving difficult to untangle.<br /> <br /> Officials at the Health and Human Services Department said that letters are being sent to about 310,000 people with citizenship or immigration issues, many of whom haven't responded to previous outreach efforts.<br /> <br /> Only a few months ago, in May, there were nearly 970,000 people with such problems. But most of those cases were cleared up, or are now being resolved.<br /> <br /> The letters will notify the remaining consumers that the still need to upload their documents to HealthCare.gov, or mail them in. Otherwise, their coverage will end on Sept. 30.

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