Quick thoughts on Pew’s latest survey, asking Americans what they know and what they think about the Obamacare exchanges:
The survey found 29 percent say the online health insurance exchanges are working “well” or “fairly well.” This means at least 29 percent of Americans have absolutely no idea what’s going on. Separately, 25 percent of Americans say they “don’t know” if the exchanges are working well. This amounts to 54 percent of Americans.
The survey found 44 percent of Democrats, 25 percent of independents, and 14 percent of Republicans believe the exchanges are working well. Also 51 percent of African-Americans said the online insurance exchanges were working well. Only 32 percent of Democrats think the exchanges aren’t working well. In short, partisanship can easily override reality in the minds of these respondents.
Only 14 percent of Americans say they visited the site so far. Only 29 percent of those who said they have visited the site say they’re uninsured.
They survey found that 31 percent of those who are uninsured say they don’t plan to visit the site. A segment of that crowd might be thinking about other options like phoning it in, but not a big chunk: of those without insurance, 24 percent said they do not plan to get insurance. Another 11 percent said they didn’t know.
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