(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A month after the launch of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces, debate still rages about their ability to provide access to affordable, comprehensive insurance coverage. This morning, The Commonwealth Fund released results from the first in a series of surveys designed to introduce more objective data into the conversation.
In a new “Reflecting on Health Reform” blog post,Commonwealth Fund president David Blumenthal, M.D., and vice president Sara Collins, Ph.D., highlight national data showing that awareness of the marketplaces is up, and that a majority of those eligible for coverage-including younger, healthier people-say they’ll visit the marketplaces or return to shop for coverage by the end of the enrollment period in March 2014.
Visit The Commonwealth Fund Blog to read the complete
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