New York: ObamaCare Web Error Sends Users to Bakery, Deli, Auto Body Shop to Enroll

‘At first I thought maybe they were doing a promotion with us, you know, sign up, get a cupcake free’

Cupcake store, car repair shop listed as Obamacare signup sites (Fox 5 N.Y.)

Apex Car and Limousine Service fixes bodies, but they belong to cars not people, so the owner of this repair shop was stunned to find out it was listed as an enrollment site for Obamacare -- and he's not the only one.

The phones are ringing off the hook at the shop, but it's not to order rides. They were listed on the New York State Health Exchange website as a place to sign up for healthcare. Manager Alex Mulerman said that is simply not true. He can't believe they'd make a mistake like that...

A state Health Department spokesperson confirmed that New York was given a $27 million federal grant to hire 50 nonprofit organizations and 96 subcontractors as health care navigators. They were supposed to identify locations where people could meet and go over options, places like Brooklyn Cupcake, another business that had no idea Obamacare was on the menu.

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