A poll finds a majority of Americans are unaware that new insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act are slated to open on Tuesday.
Sixty-four percent of the public are not aware when the new online marketplaces open to allow people without employer coverage to shop and purchase their own health policies, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
Only 15% of the total public know the exchanges open in October. The rest think the exchanges open at other times in 2013 or 2014.
Despite outreach efforts by the Obama administration and supporters of the law, the poll found that the number of uninsured unaware of the opening date is even greater than the public at large, with three out of every four not knowing the marketplaces are supposed to open in October.
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