The Trump administration is cutting funding for Obamacare outreach ads by 90 percent and cutting grants to groups that sign up people for Obamacare by nearly 40 percent for upcoming 2018 open enrollment.

The administration says the reason for the cuts, compared to 2017’s open enrollment, is to be more efficient and provide money to activities more likely to get a return on investment in terms of sign-ups. The 2018 open enrollment starts on Nov. 1, and the administration has taken heat from activists and Democrats that it isn’t going to do enough to provide outreach.

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