House Democrats demand Trump administration fund Obamacare navigators

Published September 12, 2017 9:48pm ET



House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to pay millions of dollars to outside groups who help people enroll for health insurance in the Obamacare exchanges.

The administration announced in late August that it was cutting the grants to the groups, known as navigators, nearly 40 percent, or about $23 million. It then froze the funding on Sept. 1 that was expected to be awarded to grantees the following day.

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