A House Republican leader wants the Obama administration to explain why an application to use insurance marketplaces under the health-care law asks people if they would like to register to vote. “While the healthcare portions are lengthy and complex on their own, the draft documents wander into areas outside the Department’s purview and links applications for health insurance subsidies to voter registration,” Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., Louisiana Republican, said Monday in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Voter registration applications are sometimes available to people seeking other government services — for example, on trips to a state’s motor vehicles department. But Mr. Boustany’s letter said applicants may be confused by the question when it is tied to the “Obamacare” application.
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