Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Obamacare plans

By: Anne Saker

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 1,478

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace.

But the job is harder now, the answers scarcer. In one of its first acts, the second Trump administration cut annual funding for navigators by 90%, from $100 million to $10 million, arguing the program was wasteful. Under the ACA, …

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