Fierce Healthcare September 29, 2021
Many uninsured Americans lack information about the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges and the subsidies that may be available to them on the marketplaces, according to a new report.
Fewer than half (48.2%) of nonelderly adults who were uninsured in April 2021 said they had heard “a lot” or “some” about the marketplaces, according to the study from Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank. In addition, 32.2% said the same about subsidies.
Urban found similar results in a September 2020 survey, suggesting limited outreach has taken place in the interim, even as the Biden administration rolled out enhanced subsidies on the exchanges and an extended special enrollment period due to the pandemic.
The report also found that among people who were...
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