Big layoffs at Obamacare group

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Published April 9, 2015 1:36pm ET

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Big layoffs at Obamacare group — Ashley Hentze, left, of Lakeland, Fla., gets help signing up for healthcare from Kristen Nash, a volunteer with Enroll America, a private, non-profit organization running a grassroots campaign to encourage people to sign up for healthcare, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) | Chris O'Meara

The group founded to promote Obamacare has let about half its staff go.

Over the last few years, Enroll America conducted an organized campaign to spread the word about new health coverage provided under President Obama’s healthcare law. But with year two of enrollment coming to an end, the group is shuttering 100 jobs, the group confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

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