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Signing up for ObamaCare could give felons your details

WASHINGTON – Felons might be collecting your personal information when you sign up for ObamaCare.

That stunning admission came from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Senate hearing Wednesday, when she acknowledged that the “navigators” who help people enroll in ObamaCare don’t have to pass a criminal background check.

“A convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them?” asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

Sebelius responded flatly: “That is possible.”

The navigators help fill out the ObamaCare paperwork for Americans either over the phone or in person.

Sebelius, the sole witness at the Senate Finance Committee hearing, said that states could require a background check for navigators, but the federal ObamaCare law doesn’t.

It’s the latest scare to rattle the ObamaCare system, following numerous reports of security holes in the glitch-riddled Web site that also could expose sensitive personal data.

Meanwhile, the defective HealthCare.gov continues to make it difficult to sign up for the new mandatory health coverage, even as millions of Americans lose their current insurance because of the health care changes.

Cornyn raised the alarm about felonious navigators as President Obama flew to Dallas to tout the work that the navigators are doing there.

“The only thing I can conclude is it’s impossible to do something in this administration that gets you fired,” the Texan told Sebelius. “It’s impossible.

You can lie to the American people, you can consistently misrepresent the facts but it’s impossible to get fired.”

Sebelius also had to grin and bear it as a senator from her home state of Kansas demanded her resignation.

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) excoriated Sebelius for ignoring repeated warnings from experts inside and outside government about bugs in Web site, known as health-insurance exchanges.

“Your main goal should have been to protect Americans, to lessen their risk and to ensure their safety. But in your zeal to implement this law, not warnings, not advice, not counsel would deter you from implementing the exchanges,” he told Sebelius, a former Kansas governor.

“You have said that America should hold you accountable, which is why, Madam Secretary, I repeat my request for you to resign,” he said.

Sebelius stared back in stone-face silence.