Other than a handful of tweets and press releases heralding declining premiums, the health department hasn’t made a big sign-up push. | Alan Diaz/AP PhotoObamacare open enrollment kicks off Sunday amid an economic meltdown that’s left millions uninsured in a pandemic, but the Trump administration is barely touting sign-ups under a law it’s asking the Supreme Court to throw out just 10 days later.
The administration’s advertising budget for the Obamacare website is $10 million — in line with last year, but sharply scaled back from the $100 million the Obama administration spent broadcasting sign-up seasons. Trump officials have previously defended the shrinking outreach, arguing they’ve run enrollment more efficiently for less money. Obamacare critics said the government shouldn’t have to spend as heavily to advertise the marketplaces now in their eighth enrollment season.
Other groups are stepping up their own efforts to get the word out. Joshua Peck, a former CMS official who led HealthCare.gov marketing under the Obama administration, said his group Get America Covered for the first time is running a six-figure digital ad campaign to promote open enrollment. Trump has suggested taking another crack at Obamacare repeal, repeatedly teasing a replacement plan that has yet to materialize. And with the Supreme Court expected to decide on Obamacare in the spring, a ruling that eliminates or undercuts the law would force Congress into a fraught rescue mission.
Some state-run marketplaces will keep enrollment open longer than the six-week window for states relying on the federal site. If Biden wins, it’s expected he would broadly reopen HealthCare.gov in January and restore Obamacare outreach funds that Trump gutted.
dan_bernstein Why does there need to be advertisements for the ACA? If you don't have insurance and have lost it do to losing your job you should know you need insurance. You google Obamacare and it certainly will direct you to the right place.
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“Remember, poor kids are just as smart as white kids.” Biden Quote
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its funny. low information people on the left used to correct me when i called it obamacare like they were dunking on me but its literally right there on a sign