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Have you gone to this new marketplace to shop for health insurance? This could be by mail, in person, by phone, or on the Internet. Exhibit 1. One-Quarter.

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT’S MARKETPLACES Results From The First Three Months Sara R. Collins, Ph.D. Vice President, Health Care Coverage and Access The Commonwealth.

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Exhibit 1. More Adults Who Visited the Marketplaces Found It Easy to Compare Benefits and Costs of Plans; Few Found It Easy to Compare Plans by Providers.

Exhibit 1 After The End of the Affordable Care Act’s Third Open Enrollment Period, the Percentage of Uninsured U.S. Adults Was 12.7 Percent Percent of.

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Three of Five Adults with Medicaid or Marketplace Coverage Who Tried to Find a New Primary Care Doctor Found It Very or Somewhat Easy to Do So and More.

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A majority of marketplace and Medicaid enrollees report getting health care they could not have afforded prior to having their coverage. Prior to getting.

Underinsured Rates by Source of Coverage

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Most Adults with Marketplace or Medicaid Coverage Continue to Rate It Highly Now thinking about your health insurance coverage, how would you rate it?

Overall, how satisfied are you with your health insurance?

Ratings of the Overall Marketplace Shopping Experience Were Higher Among Those Who Enrolled Compared to Those Who Did Not Enroll Overall, how would you.

Adults ages 19–64 who are uninsured or have individual coverage

Percent adults ages 19–64 insured all year who were underinsured*

Overall, how satisfied are you with your health insurance?

High Deductibles Relative to Income by Coverage Source

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Four of Five Adults with New Marketplace Coverage

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Most Adults with Marketplace or Medicaid Coverage Who Have Used Their Plans Were Satisfied with the Doctors Covered Since you switched/gained your insurance,

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Thirty Percent of Adults with New Coverage Saw or Needed a Specialist; Fifty-Eight Percent Got an Appointment Within Two Weeks Since getting your new.

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More Than Three-Quarters of Adults with Medicaid or Marketplace Coverage Who Tried to Find a New Primary Care Doctor Found It Very or Somewhat Easy Over.

Adequately insured 48% Uninsured anytime 15% Uninsured anytime 36%

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Selected a private plan through marketplace Enrolled in Medicaid**

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Three of Five Adults with New Coverage Said They Had Used Their Plan; of Those, Three of Five Said They Would Not Have Been Able to Access or Afford.

Awareness and Use of Health Insurance Marketplaces by Race

Overall, how satisfied are you with this new health insurance?

Premium tax credits have made the cost of marketplace plans similar to employer plans for low-income adults, but adults with higher incomes pay more Percent.

Total current marketplace and Medicaid enrollees* ages 19–64

Larger Shares of Adults with Marketplace Coverage Have Plans with High Deductibles Compared to Those with Employer Plans No deductible Less than $1,000.

Reasons for Not Enrolling in October Included Uncertainty over Affordability, Still Deciding Among Plans, and Website Technical Difficulties Can you tell.

Adults ages 19–64 who are uninsured or have individual coverage

Percent of adults ages 19–64

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Have you gone to this new marketplace to shop for health insurance

Percent of adults ages 19–64 insured all year who were underinsured

Reasons for Loss of Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Medicaid

A Majority of Adults Potentially Eligible for Coverage Who Have Not Yet Enrolled Say They Are Likely to Shop for Coverage by March 31, 2014 The enrollment.

High Deductibles Relative to Income by Coverage Source at the Time of the Survey Percent with deductibles that are 5% or more of income, adults ages 19–64.

Adults ages 19–64 who went to marketplace

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How easy or difficult was it to find…? Many Adults Who Visited the Marketplaces Found It Difficult to Select and Compare Health Plans How easy or difficult was it to find…? Very difficult or impossible Somewhat difficult Somewhat easy Very easy A plan with the type of coverage you need 56 38 A plan you could afford 61 30 Percent How easy or difficult was it to compare the … of different insurance plans? Very difficult or impossible Somewhat difficult Somewhat easy Very easy Benefits covered 58 30 Premium costs 52 37 Potential out-of-pocket costs* 51 34 Percent Adults ages 19–64 who are uninsured or have individual coverage and went to marketplace Note: Segments may not sum to 100 percent because of “don’t know” responses or refusal to respond. * Potential out-of-pocket costs from deductibles and copayments. Source: The Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey, Oct. 2013.