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Navigator Cuts Leave Americans with Less Help Finding Affordable Care Act Plans
Nearly 90% of Ohioans with 2025 plans used temporary subsidies that ended Dec. 31, driving sharp premium increases.
- In one of its first acts, the second Trump administration cut annual funding for health insurance navigators by 90%, reducing the budget from $100 million to $10 million, leaving only five navigators to assist Ohioans by November 1.
- The December 31 expiration of pandemic-era subsidies caused marketplace premiums to rise sharply, with some monthly costs increasing from $40 to $400, leaving many Americans struggling to maintain coverage.
- After 30 minutes on the ACA hotline, Tonya Horn of Cleveland Heights and navigator Kimberly Dudley found no affordable HealthCare.gov options, as Horn's $624 weekly unemployment payments disqualified her from Medicaid.
- National marketplace enrollment slid 5%, while Ohio saw a 20% decline, the second-largest drop among the 50 states; data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows coverage dropped by about 1.2 million Americans since March 26.
- California and at least nine other states are using funds to buffer residents from the price shock, though only New Mexico is filling the gap; Executive Director Charlotte Rudolph of UHCAN Ohio said, "They're making that tough decision to say, 'I hope I don't get sick.
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Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Obamacare plans
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Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help finding Affordable Care Act plans
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.
Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Affordable Care Act plans
Kimberly Dudley, of Cincinnati, is one of the last five Affordable Care Act navigators in Ohio, helping residents find a private health care insurance plan on the public HealthCare.gov marketplace. In one of its first acts, the second Trump administration cut annual funding for the navigator program by 90%. (Photo by Anne Saker/Stateline)CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a nav…
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