Obamacare groups struggle with replacing lost ad funds

By Robert King

Published September 11, 2017 4:01am ET

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Outside groups are scrambling to figure out how to fill the $90 million in ad funding for Obamacare that was cut by the Trump administration.

Advocacy groups said they were surprised and shocked by the Trump administration’s abrupt decision last month to provide only $10 million for outreach for Obamacare’s 2018 open enrollment. That figure is 90 percent below the $100 million the Obama administration shelled out for 2017.

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