- 1.1 Million Fewer People Could Sign up for Obamacare This Year Due to Trump Funding Cuts The Hill by Jessie Hellmann — The Trump administration's funding cuts to ObamaCare's advertising budget could result in at least 1.1 million fewer people signing up for coverage this year, according to an analysis released Monday. "The threat to Open Enrollment this year is very real," wrote Josh Peck, the author of the analysis, who served as healthcare.gov's chief marketing officer during the Obama administration. "People will be hurt by the administration's actions."