Enroll America, created to spur enrollment in the Affordable Care Act, is closing up shop a day after Obamacare enrollment declined.
The group said Thursday that it is shutting down now because it accomplished its goal of enrolling millions of people in Obamacare. Enroll America coordinated state programs to boost enrollment.
Enroll America is leaving with Obamacare’s future very much in doubt. The American Health Care Act, which advanced in a third committee vote Thursday, would repeal much of the law and partially replace it.
The group said it wasn’t ready for a political fight.
“The fight now is in the political and policy arena, and that is a fight that other capable and dedicated organizations are better positioned to take on than we are,” President Anne Filipic said in the group’s announcement.
She added that Obamacare’s opponents’ rhetoric and “unserious” policy proposals made enrollment tougher this season.
About 12.2 million people signed up for Obamacare during the latest open enrollment, a half million fewer than the last open enrollment.
The figure is also well below the 13.8 million people that the Obama administration had sought to sign up.
