Healthcare.gov reportedly produced new problems for the Affordable Care Act's progress. Documents have revealed approximately two million people enrolled for private health insurance through the taxpayer-subsidized program have data discrepancies from income and immigration and citizenship status.

The documents, provided to The Associated Press, indicated the two million enrollees could face alterations to their coverage pay or access to the benefits. While nearly two million enrollees could be affected, the report stated the final number "could well be higher."

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) addressed the issue stating "most" the Marketplace verified enrollees' data but "sometimes" a data point might not immediately correlate with existing records.

"For example, a consumer might have recently changed jobs, but the latest IRS tax return data and other data available to the Marketplace didn't reflect that change in income. In such cases, the law requires us to double and triple check this data in another way," wrote HHS Director of Communications of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Julie Bataille.

According to Bataille, 1.2 million enrollees have discrepancies related to income. Immigration and citizenship inconsistencies were also highlighted. She noted 505,000 people have issues with immigration data while 461,000 enrollees have problems with citizenship information.

In response to such cases, Bataille stated that law requires the HHS to "double and triple check" consumers' data. For some enrollees, they might be required to submit additional information, but Bataille reassured they could still enroll in Marketplace coverage. The HHS director of communications noted that enrollees who fail to provide the requested additional information risk losing their insurance eligibility or changes to reflect of data the HHS and IRS received.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesperson Aaron Albright told ABC News, however, "Two million consumers are not at risk of losing coverage -- they simply need to work with us in good faith to provide additional information that supports their application for coverage and we are working through these cases expeditiously."

"We remain committed to working with consumers individually -- as well as our state and federal partners -- to address any issues that may be impacting consumers' ability to secure quality, affordable health coverage," Bataille added.

According to government figures, 5.4 million people signed up through Healthcare.gov while another 2.6 million signed on by state-run websites. The HHS identified the Affordable Care Act can provide up to 10.2 million uninsured Latinos with affordable health insurance coverage. As Latin Post reported, the HHS received a lower than expected number of applicants that reported their race or ethnicity as "Latino," representing 10.7 of individuals enrolled. In comparison to Whites, they represented the largest proportion with 62.9 percent.

The discrepancies come as Sylvia Mathews Burwell was confirmed by the Senate to succeed Kathleen Sebelius as HHS secretary. Sebelius received heavy criticism for Healthcare.gov's initial rollout last October. Burwell's nomination was approved with a 78 to 17 vote.

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