Trump cut ACA television ads. So nonprofits in KC are running their own.

Source: KC Star

The Community Health Council of Wyandotte County has run ads online and on radio in past years urging uninsured people to sign up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare.

But after President Donald Trump’s administration announced in August that it was slashing 90 percent of the funding for the federal government’s ACA ads this year, the group decided to start placing TV ads as well.

“TV is more expensive, but we know it’s still the best way to reach people,” said Molly Moffett, the council’s project coordinator. “Healthcare.gov had commercials last year, but we’re pretty sure they’re not going to this year, so we’re trying to fill that gap as best we can even though we don’t have the funding they did.”

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