HHS Knew Cutting ACA Ads Would Reduce Signups By 100,000

The Trump administration knew that its move to nearly eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s marketing and outreach budget would significantly affect enrollment, according to a series of e-mails obtained by the watchdog group Democracy Forward. When HHS cut the health law’s outreach and enrollment budget by 90 percent last year, agency officials said that the move likely would not impact enrollment and also said they had not yet done any conclusive analysis on the subject. The 2017 emails between CMS...