[TrudyM]

Regardless of how you feel about the health care program once something is law, leaving people in the situation of having to deal with a program without help to navigate it with help is available is just dumb.
It was said on my local news that the outreach people are not even requiring names if one doesn't want to give them. That they will help people sign up if they want but if they just want info and forms they can get that also. They are providing information. Information and education is never a bad thing.
Imagine if when you became eligible for Social Security and Medicare and there was no office and no agencies to help you navigate the system. I see this as similar. Any government program (or even private program) that deals with complicated life issues, is or can be a maze to navigate. Not everyone is college educated or has the skill set to navigate the systems without help.
Look at the long lines in March and April at the free tax assistance help places offered by various community organizations to help people with their taxes if you think no one needs help with government forms.