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Health insurance ads were up this year despite a slashed budget

Dan Gorenstein Dec 15, 2017
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Health insurance ads were up this year despite a slashed budget

Dan Gorenstein Dec 15, 2017
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Today is the last day to enroll in Obamacare insurance plans. Earlier this year, the Trump administration slashed the Affordable Care Act advertising budget by $90 million, so many people assumed there would be far fewer TV ads encouraging people to sign up. But it turns out there’s been 51 percent more insurance commercials compared to a similar time last year. So what’s going on?

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