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- Obamacare In Ky.: Those Who Say They Have Enough Info On How It Affects Them Favor It; Those Who Lack Info Say They Don't Favor It
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- 30% Of Uninsured Kentuckians Still Don't Know About Kynect Health-insurance Exchange Despite Heavy Advertising, Poll Finds
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- Obamacare Is Unpopular In Nine Swing States, But Not When The Law Is Described Without That Label
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Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization
An exit poll of voters in Tuesday's election showed that half of them thought the state's health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is working well, but almost as many thought the federal health-reform law went too far.
Asked how Kynect is working, 21 percent of the electorate said it was working very well, and 29 percent said it was working somewhat well. About 13 percent were undecided, while 21 percent said it was not working too well and 15 percent said it was not working well at all.
Asked about the 2010 law that allowed creation of Kynect and subsidizes the health coverage obtained through it, 46 percent said it went too far, 22 percent said it was about right and 26 percent said it didn't go far enough.
The poll was taken primarily for the U.S. Senate race, and CNN cross-tabbed the two sets of results:
In another question that could be health-related, 45 percent of voters said they were in favor of legalizing marijuana in Kentucky while 52 percent opposed it. The poll report on CNN did not give the survey's margin of error.
Asked how Kynect is working, 21 percent of the electorate said it was working very well, and 29 percent said it was working somewhat well. About 13 percent were undecided, while 21 percent said it was not working too well and 15 percent said it was not working well at all.
Asked about the 2010 law that allowed creation of Kynect and subsidizes the health coverage obtained through it, 46 percent said it went too far, 22 percent said it was about right and 26 percent said it didn't go far enough.
The poll was taken primarily for the U.S. Senate race, and CNN cross-tabbed the two sets of results:
- Kentuckians With Health Insurance Are More Likely To Have Heard About Kynect Than Those Without Insurance, Poll Finds
The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, than those who have insurance. But overall, the uninsured...
- Poll: Kynect Considered A Success, But Voters Haven't Embraced It, And They Still Disapprove Of The Affordable Care Act
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A new poll again indicates that Kentuckians marginally approve of the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, but clearly disapprove of the law itself. The poll, taken Aug. 7-10, surveyed...
- Obamacare In Ky.: Those Who Say They Have Enough Info On How It Affects Them Favor It; Those Who Lack Info Say They Don't Favor It
Kentuckians' support of the federal health-reform law remains low, with only 30 percent saying they view it favorably and 48 percent unfavorably, but 57 percent said they didn't have enough information to say how the law would affect them personally....
- 30% Of Uninsured Kentuckians Still Don't Know About Kynect Health-insurance Exchange Despite Heavy Advertising, Poll Finds
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kynect, Kentucky's online marketplace for health insurance, launched on Oct. 1 under the federal health-reform law. In a poll taken from Oct. 26 to Nov. 25, about 77 percent of Kentuckians said...
- Obamacare Is Unpopular In Nine Swing States, But Not When The Law Is Described Without That Label
Party labels affect what rural voters think about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the latest National Rural Assembly and Center for Rural Strategies poll of rural voters in nine swing states in the presidential election, reports Bill...