from TPM
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Senior officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told reporters Thursday that the agency will gut its budget for promotion and education of the Affordable Care Act ahead of the first full open enrollment period of the Trump administration.
Last year, the officials said, the Obama administration spend about $100 million on educating Americans about their health insurance choices and urging them to enroll. This year, HHS will spend just $10 million.
Additionally, HHS will severely cut back funding for hundreds of navigator groups across the country who provide in-person assistance to people signing up for health insurance, making the grants conditional on how many people each group signed up last year.