Obamacare’s fifth open enrollment season just ended for the 39 states served by Healthcare.gov — and it was a major failure in terms of enrollees. Fewer than 10 million people signed up for 2018 health plans through the state and federal exchanges, according to one recent projection. That’s down from 12.2 million sign-ups in 2017.

The law’s defenders blame this 20-percent decline on the Trump administration. They say the administration has made it difficult for folks to enroll by significantly cutting Obamacare advertising budgets and shortening the enrollment period from three months to 45 days. Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have even asked the administration to extend the sign-up period to January 1, a request which was just denied.