Dog gets health insurance meant for owner

FORT COLLINS, Colo.

Shane Smith says his insurance policy was cancelled because of the new Obamacare rules, so he went to the Colorado Health Exchange to find a new plan.

He set up the plan over the phone and somehow his 14-year-old Yorkie's name was entered instead of his own.

Smith says he used his dog's name for a security question and that may have led to the confusion.

"Some kind of code or something, so I gave them my dog's name," Smith said. "And they must of put in the wrong slot or something."

Smith says he called back and had it fixed, he thinks.

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