Many uninsured Americans still don't know about Affordable Care Act

Despite efforts by the Obama administration and myriad organizations to educate the public about changes under the Affordable Care Act, a new nationwide survey found many uninsured people, who stand to benefit from the ACA, had never heard of health insurance exchanges, according to Al Jazeera.

Among more than 1,000 people between the ages of 18 and 64 who answered an online questionnaire about the ACA in November, 31 percent of those who didn’t have health insurance had never heard of the health insurance marketplaces, according to the Transamerica Center for Health Studies, a Los Angeles-based health care nonprofit organization.

The survey found 15 percent of those surveyed overall were unaware of the exchanges launched Oct. 1.

The findings echo a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in September, which found that among more than 1,500 adults interviewed, 12 percent of uninsured people and 15 percent overall were able to correctly state that the marketplaces would open Oct. 1, according to Al Jazeera.

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