A Kaiser Family Foundation poll recently showed that 44 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while 37 percent have a favorable opinion.
The least popular provision of the PPACA is the "individual mandate" that requires individuals obtain health insurance, as 63 percent of respondents viewed it unfavorably.
There are elements of the law that respondents hold in higher regard. Roughly 84 percent hold a favorable view of the requirement that health insurers must provide easily understood benefit summaries. Other popular provisions include tax credits for small businesses (80 percent favorable), the gradual elimination of the Medicare "doughnut hole" (74 percent favorable) and the prohibition of denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions (67 percent favorable).
The poll also showed that respondents hold inaccurate beliefs of what the law provides. Roughly 56 percent of respondents think the PPACA includes a government-run insurance plan, and 35 percent believe a government panel could make decisions about end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries — both of which are not part of the law.
The least popular provision of the PPACA is the "individual mandate" that requires individuals obtain health insurance, as 63 percent of respondents viewed it unfavorably.
There are elements of the law that respondents hold in higher regard. Roughly 84 percent hold a favorable view of the requirement that health insurers must provide easily understood benefit summaries. Other popular provisions include tax credits for small businesses (80 percent favorable), the gradual elimination of the Medicare "doughnut hole" (74 percent favorable) and the prohibition of denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions (67 percent favorable).
The poll also showed that respondents hold inaccurate beliefs of what the law provides. Roughly 56 percent of respondents think the PPACA includes a government-run insurance plan, and 35 percent believe a government panel could make decisions about end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries — both of which are not part of the law.
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