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AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Insurance has received information that scam artists may be attempting to defraud consumers about recently enacted federal health insurance reforms. These reports from Texas and across the nation indicate that fake agents and sales representatives are going door-to-door claiming to be with the federal government and peddling phony health insurance policies. Elderly consumers are prime targets for these scams.

TDI offers tips to help consumers guard themselves from such health insurance scams.

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