AP-GfK Poll: Negative view of health rollout eases
Source: AP-Excite
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA
WASHINGTON (AP) - Memo to the White House: The website may be fixed, but President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets have yet to win over most consumers.
Negative perceptions of the health care rollout have eased, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. But overall, two-thirds of Americans say things still aren't going well.
Of those who've tried to sign up, or who live with someone who has, 71 percent have encountered problems. But the share reporting success jumped to 40 percent from a meager 24 percent in December.
"Everything is not perfect; it takes time to work out the glitches," said Carol Lyles, a homecare provider from Los Angeles who was able to get coverage as a result of the law. "If done right, I believe it will provide the services that are needed."
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This photo taken Nov. 29, 2013 shows a part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. Even though the government’s health care website may be fixed, a new poll finds that President Barack Obama’s insurance markets haven’t impressed most consumers. Although negative perceptions of the health care rollout have eased, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that two-thirds of Americans say things still aren’t going well. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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