Funding for Obamacare Outreach Program Cut by 90 Percent

The Affordable Care Act navigator program will now receive $10 million per year. Last year, it received $98 million.

A man leaves the UniVista Insurance office after shopping for a health plan under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in Miami in December 2015. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Trump administration on Feb. 14 cut funding for an outreach program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that helps people sign up for health insurance coverage, according to a statement from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).

The agency said in a statement that ACA navigators will receive $10 million per year over the next four years. In 2024, the navigator program received $98 million, according to the agency. The ACA, passed in 2010, is a sweeping health care plan known as Obamacare.