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As the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act start kicking in this week with the rollout of new insurance exchanges<\/a> where consumers can shop for coverage, a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll<\/a> conducted in mid-September finds that nearly two-thirds of the public \u2013 and almost three-quarters of the uninsured \u2013 say they don\u2019t know the exchanges open on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n

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Credit: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, Sept. 12-18<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

The survey finds that Americans have not found the news media to be a big help in getting information about its provisions. A majority (56%) say the news media\u2019s coverage has been \u201cmostly about politics and controversy\u201d while only 6% say it has been mostly about how the law will affect people. A third say the coverage has been a balance of the two.<\/p>\n\n

More than half (53%) of those surveyed say there is not a news media source that they trust for information about the health law; 44% said there were news outlets they trusted. Of those who said they trust one or multiple news sources, 19% cited cable TV, with 10% naming Fox News and 5% \u00a0naming CNN. Broadcast TV outlets and newspapers ranked second at 7% each.<\/p>\n\n

In the 30 days prior to the time the survey was conducted, 43% said they saw ads or commercials having to do with the health care law. Of those, 31% saw ads opposed to the law, 24% saw ads in support of it and 17% saw ads that provided information about how to get coverage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A majority of Americans say the news media\u2019s coverage of the law has been focused on politics and controversies, rather than how it will impact 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