Obamacare Screw-Ups: Bakeries, Auto Repair, Delis and others receiving phone calls from people wanting to Enroll

Thanks to ObamaCare, New Yorkers can now get health insurance with rainbow sprinkles. 

In yet another bungle for the botched government insurance rollout, the state Health Department has mistakenly listed numerous non-health-related business as enrollment sites — including a Brooklyn cupcake shop that has been besieged by callers. 

“I have nothing to do with this,” said Carmen Rodriguez owner of Brooklyn Cupcake in Williamsburg. “I run a very busy establishment, and I’m like, what is going on?”

Because of the mistake, her bakery has gotten 150 calls from people seeking medical-insurance information. 

“There has to be somebody who can help with ObamaCare; that’s their own mess,” she said. 

New Yorkers shopping for medical coverage under ObamaCare are being directed by the state’s health-exchange Web site to 288 locations where so-called navigators can offer personal assistance. 

They are reaching places such as Rodriguez’s shop because the erroneous listings contain the businesses’ accurate addresses, phone numbers and even languages spoken.

The cupcake maker is at her wit’s end. 

“I don’t want to be listed, because they are calling my telephone off the hook,” she said.

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On the surface, this seems like a funny story with a happy ending.

Lets suppose hypothetically that one or more of these businesses had been run by not so reputable people? How would you feel if THAT WAS THE CASE and it was YOUR personal information that was asked for and given over the phone?

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