HHS Offers Navigators $80M For 2022, 12M Enrolled In 2021

HHS will make $80 million available to navigators for the 2022 plan year, eight times the amount the Trump administration devoted to in-person assisters for most years they were in office. CMS also reported a total 12 million people signed up through healthcare.gov or state-based exchanges in the 2021 open enrollment period, a 5% increase from 2020. Navigators are statutorily required by the ACA to provide unbiased information to consumers seeking to buy coverage through the exchanges. HHS spent $63...