Fewer than a third (30 percent) of the uninsured realize that federal tax credits available through the new Obamacare health exchanges can make health insurance affordable to lower-income individuals and families.
In a telephone survey of uninsured adults drawn from a nationally representative sample of more than 3,000 Americans, one-third (34 percent) said they intend to continue without health coverage. When asked why, 41 percent said health insurance is too expensive, 17 percent cited opposition to the Affordable Care Act, and 13 percent said they're healthy and don't need coverage.
Just over half (56 percent) of the uninsured said they plan to obtain health coverage.
If a late January Pulse survey demonstrated how familiar the overall population is with health reform penalties and deadlines that won't affect most Americans, this first Bankrate.com survey directed specifically at uninsured adults suggests that efforts to reach those most in need of affordable coverage may have fallen short.
"It's hard to generalize, but for some of these folks, it's a case of, 'I'm in pretty good health, I don't think about these things, I know I can't afford it now,'" says Michael Morrisey, professor of health economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. "I think it's just rolling past them, and they're not giving it a whole lot of attention." ‘ - Many uninsured still unaware about Obamacare, bankrate.com, 03/17/2014
Link to the entire article appears below:
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/insurance/health-insurance-poll-0314.aspx?ic_id=Top_Financial News Center_link_1
Update: Uninsured: Obamacare Is Unaffordable, American Spectator
http://spectator.org/articles/58149/uninsured-obamacare-unaffordable
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