June 2013 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll Chartpack

1. 87%
88%
11%
68%
66%
49%
It is very important to them
personally to have insurance
Insurance is something I need
I'm healthy enough that I don't
really need insurance
Insurance is worth the money it
costs
Worried about paying medical bills
for a serious illness or accident
Worried about paying medical bills
for routine health care
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Young Adults Want and Value Health Insurance, Worry
About Paying For Medical Care
AGES 18-25
71%
74%
25%
65%
68%
45%
77%
76%
24%
76%
65%
44%
AGES 26-30ALL AGES
Percent who say/are…

2. 40%
26%
11%
4%
4%
13%
Too expensive
Employment-related issues (unemployed, employer
doesn't offer or not eligible for employer coverage)
Don't need insurance
Can't get insurance
Don't know how to get insurance
Some other reason
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Uninsured Cite Cost As Most Common Reason For Being
Without Coverage
Among those ages 18-64 who are uninsured: What is the main reason you do not currently have health insurance?

3. 46%
42%
40%
31%
29%
30%
30%
27%
26%
19%
20%
17%
13%
16%
18%
23%
28%
20%
10%
14%
15%
26%
22%
32%
Your income not keeping up with rising
prices
Not having enough money for retirement
Not being able to pay medical bills in the
event of a serious illness or accident
Losing your health insurance coverage*
Not being able to pay medical bills for
routine health care services
Not being able to pay your rent or mortgage
Very worried Somewhat worried Not too worried Not at all worried
*Among the insured.
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Two-Thirds Worried About Catastrophic Medical Costs
How worried are you about each of the following?

4. Yes, someon
e in
household
has pre-
existing
condition
49%
Dk/R
1%
No, no one
in household
has pre-
existing
condition
50%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Problems Getting and Retaining Insurance Among Those
with Pre-Existing Conditions
Would you say that you or someone else in your household
would be considered to have a “pre-existing condition” of
some sort, or not?
Among the 49% who say someone in their household has a
pre-existing condition:
AMONG THOSE AGES 18-64
25%
9%
Percent who say they or a
family member has ever been
denied health insurance or had
their premium increase because
of a pre-existing condition
Percent who say that in the last
year, they or a family member
has passed up a job, stayed at a
job they would have quit
otherwise, or decided not to
retire because of the health
insurance coverage they were
receiving

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43
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41
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34
37
41
37
42
41
42
37
41
38 38
45
38
43
36 37
35 35%
40
44
41
35
45
40
44
40 41
50
48
46
41
44
46
43 44 43
51
44 43 44 43
40
43 44
41
44 43
40
43
39
42
40 40
43%
14 14
10
14
12 11
15
18 18
9 8
13
18
14
12
15
17 16 15
19
17
19
15
19
15
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19
14
19 19
23 23 24 23%
0
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Favorable Unfavorable Don't know/Refused
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls
Negative Views of ACA Continue to Outpace Positive
As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law in 2010. Given what you know about the health reform law, do
you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

6. 78
72
69
73
68
75
69 68 69
73
66
71
64
72
65 64
60
65
52
62
64
62
64
66
70
62
71
69
64
72
64
72
57 58 57 58%
36 37
49 48
41 42
34
37 37
34
43
37
41
35
33
38
33
36
32
34 33
30
40 40 39
34
38
35 34
41
32
37
32 31
36
32%
13
8
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21
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21
11
15
12 12 11
9
12
17
20
16
24
14
11 12
19
12
16
12
7 8 7
12
8
16
10
12 12
18
15
12%
0
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2010 2011 2012 2013
Democrats Independents Republicans
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls
Ongoing Partisan Divide on ACA
Percent who say they have a favorable opinion of the health reform law:
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

7. Favorable
35%
Don't know/Refused
23%
Unfavorable - Dk/R
2%
Unfavorable - Law goes
too far
33%
Unfavorable - Law
doesn't go far enough
8%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Eight Percent of Americans View ACA Unfavorably Because
It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law in 2010. Given what you know about the health reform law, do
you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
Asked of those who have an unfavorable opinion: Would you say your unfavorable view is more because the health
reform law goes too far or doesn’t go far enough in changing health insurance and the health care system?
Unfavorable (NET)
43%

8. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Obamacare vs Health Reform Law, by Party ID
Given what you know about the health reform law, do you have a general favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of
it?/Do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of Obamacare?
Health Reform Law Obamacare Percentage Point Difference
Total Public
Favorable 35% 42% +7
Unfavorable 43 47 +4
Don’t know/Refused 23 11 -12
Democrats
Favorable 58% 73% +15
Unfavorable 17 16 -1
Don’t know/Refused 25 10 -15
Independents
Favorable 32% 33% +1
Unfavorable 43 52 +9
Don’t know/Refused 24 14 -10
Republicans
Favorable 12% 14% +2
Unfavorable 76 86 +10
Don’t know/Refused 11 1 -10

9. 31
29
28 32
29
32 31
25
32
20
28
26 27 28
24
27
24
27
18
23
26 26
27
26 26
23
25 26
31
26
24
21
19%
30
32
39
33 36
33 32 34
28
44
38 39
37 38 35
39
37 34
44
41 39
35
41
34 34
37 37 37
33 33
36
40 40%
32
30
28 29
30
28
29
31
33 32 31 30
28 28
34
29
33 32
31 31 31
33
25
33 32 31
32
30
26
32
32
29
33%
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Better off Won't make much difference Worse off
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls
Plurality Expect No Personal Impact of ACA
Do you think you and your family will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will
make much difference?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

10. 4543 42 43
39
42
39 38
40
34
37
38 39
37 35
39
33
38
28
35
37 37
39
37
39
34 35 36
40
34 34
31%
11
13
19
15
18
15
18
16 15
22
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18
29
22
19 19
22
18 17
20
18 17 17
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3535
32
35
37
34 34
36 37
38 39
35 35
38 39
35
37
36
3636
37
36
32
38
38
35
41
37
33
35
38
40%
0
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Better off Won't make much difference Worse off
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls
More Now Say Country Will Be Worse Off Under ACA Than
Better
Do you think the country as a whole will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will
make much difference?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

11. 48%
45%
31%
31%
26%
19%
14%
15%
20%
20%
26%
40%
30%
27%
40%
39%
38%
33%
The uninsured
People with pre-existing health conditions
The country as a whole
People who buy insurance on their own
People who get insurance through an
employer
You and your family
Better off Won't make much difference Worse off
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Uninsured, People With Pre-Existing Conditions Viewed As
Most Likely to Benefit From Law
Do you think each of the following will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will
make much difference?

12. Have a good
idea of total
cost of own
health
insurance
policy -
named a
monthly
amount
52%
Have a good
idea - could
not name
amount
15%
Do not have
a good idea
of the total
cost of own
health
insurance
policy
32%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted June 4-9, 2013)
Half With ESI Are Able to Give an Estimate of Total Cost of
Their Coverage
Would you say you do or do not have a good idea of the total
cost of your health insurance policy, including the cost to you
as well as your employer?
Among the 52% who say they have a good idea of what their
policy costs and named a monthly amount: Approximately how
much would you say you and your employer together pay per
month for your health insurance premiums?
Among those with…
Average estimated cost of
monthly premiums
…single coverage plan $444
…family coverage plan $984
AMONG THOSE AGES 18-64 WITH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED INSURANCE

13. This Kaiser Health Tracking Poll was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation
led by Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., including Liz Hamel and Sarah Cho. The survey was conducted June 5-9, 2013, among a
nationally representative random digit dial telephone sample of 1,505 adults ages 18 and older, living in the United
States, including Alaska and Hawaii (note: persons without a telephone could not be included in the random selection
process). Computer-assisted telephone interviews conducted by landline (752) and cell phone (753, including 385 who
had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish by Princeton Data Source under the direction of
Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). The combined landline and cell phone sample was weighted
to balance the sample demographics to match Census estimates for the national population on
sex, age, education, race, Hispanic origin, nativity (for Hispanics only), region and telephone usage.
All statistical tests of significance account for the effect of weighting. The margin of sampling error including the design
effect for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points . For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling
error may be higher. Note that sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public
opinion poll.
The full question wording and methodology of the polls can be viewed online at:
http://www.kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-june-2013/
Methodology