Pop quiz: Assessing Americans’ familiarity with the health care law
Kaiser Health
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is coming up on a year old, but in the midst of continuing debate over the merits of the landmark health care overhaul, how well do Americans understand what the new law will actually do? As the 112th Congress prepared to take office and the discussion of repeal was on the rise, we included a ten question ‘quiz’ on the December Kaiser Health Tracking Poll to try to answer this question.
The quiz asked Americans whether they thought a series of ten provisions were included in the new law, ranging from five items that are part of the law (i.e., Medicaid expansion, changes in private health insurance), to five items that popped up at times in the larger debate but are not in the ACA, such as
coverage for illegal immigrants and so‐called ‘death panels.’
GRADING THE PUBLIC
So, how did people do? A quarter scored an impressive grade of 7 to 10 right answers, but less than one percent responded to all 10 questions correctly. On the other end of the spectrum, roughly a third scored 0 to 4, with 2 percent failing to get a single question right. Overall, two‐thirds of Americans (65 percent)
got five or more answers correct. Most people hovered around the middle, correctly answering 4 to 6 questions.
(Original, with tables, here.)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is coming up on a year old, but in the midst of continuing debate over the merits of the landmark health care overhaul, how well do Americans understand what the new law will actually do? As the 112th Congress prepared to take office and the discussion of repeal was on the rise, we included a ten question ‘quiz’ on the December Kaiser Health Tracking Poll to try to answer this question.
The quiz asked Americans whether they thought a series of ten provisions were included in the new law, ranging from five items that are part of the law (i.e., Medicaid expansion, changes in private health insurance), to five items that popped up at times in the larger debate but are not in the ACA, such as
coverage for illegal immigrants and so‐called ‘death panels.’
GRADING THE PUBLIC
So, how did people do? A quarter scored an impressive grade of 7 to 10 right answers, but less than one percent responded to all 10 questions correctly. On the other end of the spectrum, roughly a third scored 0 to 4, with 2 percent failing to get a single question right. Overall, two‐thirds of Americans (65 percent)
got five or more answers correct. Most people hovered around the middle, correctly answering 4 to 6 questions.
(Original, with tables, here.)
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