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39
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37
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45
38
43
36%
40
44
41
35
45
40
44
40 41
50
48
46
41
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46
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51
44 43 44 43
40
43 44
41
44 43
40
43
39
42%
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23%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Feb
2010 2011 2012 2013
Favorable Unfavorable Don't know/Refused
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Polls
In Months Since Election, Unfavorable Views of ACA Again
Narrowly Outpace Favorable
As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law in 2010. Given what you know about the health reform
law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

Democrats’ Support for ACA Drops
78
72
69
73
68
75
69 68 69
73
66
71
64
72
65 64
60
65
52
62
64
62
64
66
70
62
71
69
64
72
64
72
57%
36 37
49 48
41 42
34
37 37
34
43
37
41
35
33
38
33
36
32
34 33
30
40 40 39
34
38
35 34
41
32
37
32%
13
8
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21
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15
12 12 11
9
12
17
20
16
24
14
11 12
19
12
16
12
7 8 7
12
8
16
10
12 12%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Feb
2010 2011 2012 2013
Democrats Independents Republicans
Percent who say they have a favorable opinion of the health reform law:
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

31
29
28 32
29
32 31
25
32
20
28
26 27 28
24
27
24
27
18
23
26 26
27
26 26
23
25 26
31
26
24%
30
32
39
33 36
33 32 34
28
44
38 39
37 38 35
39
37 34
44
41 39
35
41
34 34
37 37 37
33 33
36%
32
30
28 29
30
28
29
31
33 32 31 30
28 28
34
29
33 32
31 31 31
33
25
33 32 31
32
30
26
32
32%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct Feb
2010 2011 2012 2013
Better off Won't make much difference Worse off
NOTE: Don’t know/Refused answers not shown.
Mixed Opinion on Personal Impact of ACA
Do you think you and your family will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it will
make much difference?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

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42
39 38
40
34
37
38 39
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39
33
38
28
35
37 37
39
37
39
34 35 36
40
34 34%
11
13
19
15
18
15
18
16 15
22
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18
29
22
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22
18 17
20
18 17 17
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19%
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33
35
38%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct Feb
2010 2011 2012 2013
Better off Won't make much difference Worse off
Americans Remain Split on ACA’s Impact on the Country
Do you think the country as a whole will be better off or worse off under the health reform law, or don’t you think it
will make much difference?
ACA signed into law
on March 23, 2010

30%
33%
33%
43%
49%
56%
40%
40%
21%
12%
27%
18%
Favorable Unfavorable Don't know/Refused
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted February 14-19, 2013)
Favorability of ACA By How Americans Form Their Views
As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law in 2010. Given what you know about the health reform
law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
Among those whose impression of the
health care law is based mainly on…
…what they’ve seen and heard on television,
radio, and newspapers
…their own experience
…what they’ve learned from friends and family
…some other source

Blacks, Young Adults Most Likely to Report Knowing a Victim
of Gun Violence
Percent who say they personally know someone who has been the victim of a crime involving a gun in the past
three years:
42%
28%
24%
21%
21%
21%
21%
21%
20%
19%
19%
18%
16%
16%
15%
12%
Blacks
Ages 18-29
Live in an urban area
Men
Ages 30-49
Hispanics
Household income less than $40,000
Household income $90,000 or higher
Total
Women
Household income between $40,000-$89,999
Live in a suburban area
Ages 50-64
Live in a rural area
Whites
Ages 65+

Hispanics, Blacks More Likely to be Personally Worried
About Gun Violence
Percent who say they are worried about being the victim of gun violence:
75%
62%
54%
52%
51%
49%
46%
42%
42%
40%
39%
38%
34%
30%
30%
26%
24%
Hispanics
Blacks
Household income less than $40,000
Know a victim of gun violence
Do not live in a gun-owning household
Women
Ages 18-29
Total
Ages 30-49
Ages 65+
Do not know a victim of gun violence
Ages 50-64
Men
Whites
Live in a gun-owning household

*Among those who are employed.
Gun Violence Falls Below Worries About Health Care
Next, I’m going to read you a list of things that some people worry about and others do not. I’d like you to tell me
how worried you are about each of the following things.
39%
29%
20%
20%
21%
15%
36%
29%
22%
20%
18%
23%
15%
20%
25%
24%
22%
31%
10%
22%
33%
36%
38%
30%
You or someone close to you getting a serious illness like cancer
Not being able to afford the health care services you think you need
Being the victim of gun violence
Losing your job*
Not being able to pay your rent or mortgage
Being the victim of a terrorist attack
Very worried Somewhat worried Not too worried Not at all worried

About a Third Live in a Gun-Owning Household
Percent who say they or someone else in their household owns a gun:
53%
53%
46%
46%
46%
43%
42%
38%
37%
36%
36%
36%
35%
35%
33%
32%
27%
27%
25%
21%
20%
12%
11%
Republicans
Live in a rural area
Not worried about being the victim of gun violence
Whites
Men
Independents
Ages 65+
Do not know a victim of gun violence
Ages 30-49
Live in a suburban area
Total
Ages 50-64
Ages 18-29
Know a victim of gun violence
Women
Household income below $40,000
Live in an urban area
Democrats
Worried about being the victim of gun violence
Blacks
Hispanics

Required to
have same
rules for
mental
health
benefits as
other
medical
services
38%
Don't know/
Refused
22%
Can have
separate
rules for
mental
health
benefits
40%
Public Favors Equivalent Benefits for Mental Health Services;
Only Some Recognize Requirements Exist
As far as you know, under current law, are health
insurance plans required to provide mental health
benefits with the same rules about copays,
deductibles, and coverage limits as other medical
services, or can health insurance plans have separate
rules for mental health benefits?
Favor
75%Dk/Ref.
4%
Oppose
21%
Do you favor or oppose the federal government
requiring insurance companies to offer benefits for
mental health and substance abuse services that are
equivalent to benefits for other medical services?

Immigrants, Those With Serious Mental Illness Are Groups
Most Likely to Be Seen as Experiencing Discrimination
How much prejudice and discrimination do you think there is against each of the following groups in the U.S.
today?
44%
37%
32%
29%
25%
22%
17%
35%
39%
38%
41%
41%
42%
38%
13%
16%
20%
20%
24%
25%
27%
5%
6%
6%
7%
9%
10%
17%
Immigrants
People with serious mental illness
People infected with HIV and AIDS
Hispanics
Blacks
People with physical disabilities
Women
A lot Some Only a little Nothing at all

*Among those who have children younger than 20 years old.
Substantial Share Say They Are Somewhat Uncomfortable
Around Those With A Serious Mental Illness
In general, how comfortable would you be, personally, with each of the following?
13%
13%
36%
28%
34%
30%
33%
29%
20%
21%
19%
10%
Very uncomfortable Somewhat uncomfortable
Somewhat comfortable Very comfortable
Working with someone who has a serious
mental illness
Living next door to someone who has a
serious mental illness
If a person with a serious mental illness
worked in your child’s school*

Methodology
This Kaiser Health Tracking Poll was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family
Foundation led by Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., including Liz Hamel, Claudia Deane, Sarah Cho, Bianca DiJulio, and
Becky Hanna. The survey was conducted February 14-19, 2013, among a nationally representative random digit
dial telephone sample of 1,209 adults ages 18 and older, living in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii
(note: persons without a telephone could not be included in the random selection process). Computer-assisted
telephone interviews conducted by landline (602) and cell phone (607, including 321 who had no landline
telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish by Princeton Data Source under the direction of Princeton
Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). The combined landline and cell phone sample was weighted to
balance the sample demographics to match Census estimates for the national population on sex, age, education,
race, Hispanic origin, nativity (for Hispanics only), region and telephone usage.
All statistical tests of significance account for the effect of weighting. The margin of sampling error including the
design effect for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For results based on subgroups, the margin
of sampling error may be higher. Note that sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or
any other public opinion poll.
The full question wording and methodology of the polls can be viewed online at:
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8418.cfm

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