EHealth, a private online health insurance exchange, asked its customers about their opinions regarding the ACA in two voluntary nationwide email surveys. One was conducted after the election in November and one was conducted in January when President Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president. More than 4,400 responses were collected in November and an additional 1,200 responses were gathered in January.
Here are five findings from the surveys.
1. Support for repealing the ACA declined from 50 percent to 46 percent from November 2016 to January.
2. In November, 72 percent of respondents said no one should be required to purchase health insurance, but that number decreased to 60 percent in January.
3. Of individuals who receive subsidies to help them pay for their health plans under the ACA, 58 percent of respondents still said their coverage was too expensive.
4. Eighty-nine percent of individuals who purchased plans through ACA exchanges support more flexible benefits and 88 percent support expanded tax credit access.
5. Seventy-eight percent of respondents with ACA health plans said they feel they’re paying too much for health insurance.
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