Obamacare Loses Support Among the Uninsured

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: PUBLIC OPINION 66 "For decades, few things exposed hard-working families to economic hardship more than a broken health care system. And in case you haven't heard, we're in the process of fixing that." President Barack Obama Majority Believes Only Some ACA Provisions In Place So Far Americans were asked, "As far as you know, how much of the health reform law has been put into place thus far?" 16% 9% 62% All of its provisions Some provisions Most provisions None Don't know or refused to answer 79% Of uninsured Americans that the new law knew requires Americans health nearly all to have insurance or else pay a fine 62% Of uninsured Americans knew that the new law health creates insurance exchanges or marketplaces 54% Of uninsured Americans knew that the new law provides help to purchase health for folks with low to financial insurance moderate income 49% Of uninsured Americans that the new law gives states option of expanding Medicaid knew the to cover low-income adults more uninsured 48% Of uninsured Americans knew that the new law prohibits companies denying for pre-existing conditions insurance from coverage 44% of Americans Say They Don't Have Enough Information to Understand How the New Law Will Affect Their Families Not enough information Enough information Uninsured Americans Say They Are Worse Off Under the New Law 7% - 26% 29% L39% Better off Worse off Hasn't made much difference Don't know or refused to answer Four in Ten Uninsured Tried to get Coverage In Past 6 Months but Failed 40% Tried to get Coverage Most Want to Work to Improve the Law Rather Than Repeal It 6% 38% -55% Work to improve the law Repeal the law Don't know or refused to answer © 2014 Additive Analytics Create infographics infogr.am