Summary by The Market Institute of an Urban Institute survey.
The publication of this summary does not constitute an endorsement of the positions presented.
The Urban Institute recently posted a Health Reform Monitoring Survey taken in September 2013 that ultimately showed that most Americans have poor knowledge of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The brief particular focuses on non-elderly adults and those most likely to be affected by the law.This brief draws on data collected in September 2013 from a sample of non-elderly adults (age 18–64) through the Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS), just before the October roll-out of the ACA Marketplaces. They had found that most adults had heard little about coverage provisions, particularly those that had the most to gain from the ACA – uninsured and low-income adults. Less than one-third of low-income and uninsured non-elderly adults reported having heard “some” or “a lot” about the Marketplaces.
Medicaid expansion awareness is even lower. Only 11.8 percent of non-elderly adults could accurately report on the decision their state had made regarding Medicaid expansion. As for the individual mandate, less than half of non-elderly adults reported they had heard “some” or “a lot” about the individual mandate, and even less had heard about the penalty. Despite large media coverage, the fact is many of the people the ACA is intended to affect are not aware of the provisions
Link to Survey Results: http://hrms.urban.org/briefs/awareness-of-provision.html
