Kaiser August 2013 Health Tracking Poll Chartpack

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Your doctor or nurse

Federal agencies

State agencies

Your local pharmacist

An employer

Your local church or place of worship

Non-profit or community organization

Friends and family

A health insurance company

The news media*

Social networking sites

NA = Item not asked for this question. *The news media includes cable TV news, national or local TV news, radio news or talk radio, online news sources, and newspapers/magazines. NOTE: Wording for some items abbreviated; item wording between questions varies. For full question wording see topline: http://www.kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-august-2013/ SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

Most Trusted on ACA: Doctors and Nurses, Federal and State Agencies, Pharmacists

Percent who say they have heard something about the law from each of the following in the past 30 days:

Percent who say they would trust information about the health care law from each of the following ‘a lot’:

22%

16%

14%

19%

12%

49%

15%

81%

23%

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Yes, tried to seek out

more information

36%

Don't know/ Refused

1%

No, have no tried to seek

out more information

63%

Over A Third Report Actively Seeking Out ACA Information

Over the past few months, have you tried to seek out more information about the health care law, or not?

Among the 36% who say they sought out more information: Where did you go to try to get additional information about the health care law? {open-end; multiple responses accepted}

Percent who mentioned

Internet (general) 55%

News media 23

Health insurance company 8

Government website 7

Health care provider (incl. doctor, nurse, pharmacist)

6

Other government source (not online) 6

Employer or union 5

Friends or family 3

Non-profit or community organization 3

NOTE: Only responses of 3 percent or more shown for follow-up question. Other and Don’t know/Refused responses not shown for follow-up question. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

Yes, have been

contacted about the

law 10%

No, have not been

contacted about the

law 90%

NOTE: Other, Don’t remember (VOL.), and Don’t know/Refused answers not shown for follow-up question. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

One in Ten Say They’ve Been Contacted About Law

Have you been personally contacted by anyone about the health care law through a phone call, email, text message, or door to door visit, or not?

Among the 10% who say they have been contacted: What did that person want to tell you about the health care law? {open-end}

Percent who mentioned

Information about the law (general) 27%

Arguments against the law 11

Arguments in favor of the law 9

Did not listen/hung up 8

Called about a survey/asked me questions 6

Political arguments 4

Tried to sell me insurance 3

Heard from both sides: in favor and against 2

Yes, tried to seek out

more information

33% No, have not tried to seek

out more information

67%

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

A Third of the Uninsured Report Seeking Out Info On ACA, One In Eight Report Being Contacted About It

Yes, been contacted about the

health care law 12%

No, have not been

contacted about the

health care law 88%

Over the past few months, have you tried to seek out more information about the health care law, or not?

Have you been personally contacted by anyone about the health care law through a phone call, email, text message, or door to door visit, or not?

AMONG THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED AND UNDER AGE 65

It is still the law of the land and is being implemented

57%

Don't know/Refused 31%

It has been overturned by the Supreme Court and is

no longer law 5%

It has been repealed by Congress and is no longer

law 8%

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health Tracking Poll Omnibus Supplement (conducted August 15-18, 2013)

Over Four in Ten Unsure Whether ACA Remains Law

As you may know, a health care bill was signed into law in March 2010. As far as you know, which comes closest to describing the current status of the health care law?

Unaware of current status of health care

law (NET) 44%

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SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls

Views of ACA Largely Unchanged This Year

As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law in 2010. Given what you know about the health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?

ACA signed into law on March 23, 2010

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Democrats Independents Republicans


Ongoing Partisan Divide on ACA

Percent who say they have a favorable opinion of the health reform law:


62 61 64 64 63

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58 57%

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Disapprove of cutting off funding Approve of cutting off funding Don't know/Refused


Steady Opposition to Defunding the ACA Since 2011

Some lawmakers who oppose the health care law say that if Congress isn’t able to repeal the law, they should try to stop it from being put into place by cutting off funding to implement it. Whether or not you like the health care law, would you say you approve or disapprove of cutting off funding as a way to stop some or all of the law from being put into place?

Disapprove of cutting off

funding 57%

Don't know/ Refused

8%

Approve of cutting off

funding 36%

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

Majority Oppose Defunding the Health Care Law

Some lawmakers who oppose the health care law say that if Congress isn’t able to repeal the law, they should try to stop it from being put into place by cutting off funding to implement it. Whether or not you like the health care law, would you say you approve or disapprove of cutting off funding as a way to stop some or all of the law from being put into place?

Among the 57% who disapprove of cutting off funding: Percent who say each is a major reason why they disapprove of using the budget process to stop implementation of the health care law

69%

56%

49%

35%

The appropriate way to stop a law isto repeal it, or to NOT pass it in the

first place. Using the budget processto stop a law is not the way our

government should work

Without funding the law will becrippled and won't work as planned,which is not good for its supporters

or opponents

The health care law will be a goodthing for the country and should be

implemented as written

We've heard enough about thehealth care law and it's time to move

on to something else

A lot 8%

Some 14%

Only a little 34%

Nothing at all

45%

June 2013


More Report Hearing About Health Insurance Marketplaces in August

A lot 12%

Some 21%

Dk/Ref. 1%

Only a little 34%

Nothing at all

33%

August 2013

As you may know, the health care law does create health insurance exchanges or marketplaces where people who don’t get coverage through their employers can shop for insurance and compare prices and benefits. How much, if anything, have you heard about this new health insurance marketplace, [also known as (STATE EXCHANGE NAME)] in your state?

Favorable 43%

DK/Ref 8%

Unfavorable 49%

SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

Views Of Health Insurance Companies Tilt Negative, But More Favorable Toward “Your Own” Insurance Company

Favorable 74%

DK/Ref 3%

Unfavorable 23%

Do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of health insurance companies?

Among those with health insurance: Do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of YOUR OWN health insurance company?

43%

41%

41%

38%

38%

35%

34%

34%

33%

Being able to see doctors you want without paying more

Having insurance cover a wide range of services

Being able to go to hospital you want without paying more

Having a plan with good customer service

Plan is easy to understand and requires minimal paperwork

Having low co-pays when you fill a prescription

Having a low monthly premium

Having a low deductible

Having low co-pays when you visit the doctor

NOTE: None/Something else (VOL.) and Don’t know/Refused answers not shown for follow-up question. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 13-19, 2013)

Many Features of Health Plans Seen As Valuable; Choice of Doctors and Range of Services Top the List

Percent who say each of the following is ‘extremely important’ to them in a health insurance plan:

When forced to choose, percent who say each is MOST important:

17%

12%

7%

4%

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8%

7%

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2010 2011 2012 2013

Better off Won't make much difference Worse off

NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls

Trend in Personal Impact of ACA

Do you think you and your family will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will make much difference?


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2010 2011 2012 2013

Better off Won't make much difference Worse off

NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls

Views of ACA’s Impact on Country Holds Steady In 2013

Do you think the country as a whole will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will make much difference?


This Kaiser Health Tracking Poll was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation led by Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., including Liz Hamel, Claudia Deane, and Sarah Cho. The survey was conducted August 13-19, 2013, among a nationally representative random digit dial telephone sample of 1,503 adults ages 18 and older, living in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii (note: persons without a telephone could not be included in the random selection process). Computer-assisted telephone interviews conducted by landline (751) and cell phone (752, including 385 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish by Princeton Data Source under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). The combined landline and cell phone sample was weighted to balance the sample demographics to match Census estimates for the national population on sex, age, education, race, Hispanic origin, nativity (for Hispanics only), region and telephone usage.

One additional question was asked on the Princeton Data Source omnibus survey. The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll Omnibus Supplement was conducted August 15-18, 2013, among a nationally representative random digit dial telephone sample of 1,000 adults ages 18 and older, living in the continental United States. Interviews conducted by landline (500) and cell phone (500, including 265 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English only.

All statistical tests of significance account for the effect of weighting. The margin of sampling error including the design effect for the full sample of the main survey is plus or minus 3 percentage points and plus or minus 4 percentage points for the omnibus survey. For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher. Note that sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public opinion poll.

The full question wording and methodology of the polls can be viewed online at:


Methodology

http://www.kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-april-2013/

















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