Last week, I noted that a main takeaway of the latest McKinsey survey of 2874 people seeking health insurance in the individual market in 2014 was that the majority of those who said that they could not afford insurance did not know about the subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act. McKinsey found that 88% of those citing perceived affordability challenges were subsidy-eligible, and two thirds of the subsidy-eligible respondents who cited perceived affordability as the reason they stopped shopping were aware of neither their eligibility nor the amount for which they were eligible. Further, 90% of those citing perceived affordability challenges who did not shop were subsidy-eligible, and 79% of those were unaware of their eligibility or the amount of subsidy for which they were eligible.
Now, a survey just released by EnrollAmerica reports similar findings with regard to ignorance of ACA offerings. Bruce Rule of Bloomberg reports:
Now, a survey just released by EnrollAmerica reports similar findings with regard to ignorance of ACA offerings. Bruce Rule of Bloomberg reports:
