Affordable Care Act Navigators Just Trying to Sign People Up for Health Care

Brookings Fellow Kavita Patel discussed “Obamacare navigators” on Chris Hayes’ show last night, following a congressional hearing in Richardson, Texas led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), during which pointed the spotlight at Affordable Care Act navigators, even casting them into the same light as the now-defunct Acorn organization. Patel, who has helped train pateient navigators, explains that “They’re really just trying to sign people up for health care.”