{"id":15431,"date":"2013-08-29T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/many-americans-unsure-if-the-health-care-law-is-still-in-effect\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:59","slug":"many-americans-unsure-if-the-health-care-law-is-still-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/08\/29\/many-americans-unsure-if-the-health-care-law-is-still-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Americans unsure if the health care law is still in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the passage of President Obama\u2019s 2010 health care law, the Republican-controlled House has voted <a href=\"http:\/\/swampland.time.com\/2013\/08\/02\/house-oks-40th-effort-to-repeal-health-law\/\">40 times to repeal<\/a> all or part of it. Now, some Republicans have declared themselves still intent on rolling back the law, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-08-22\/defunding-of-health-law-backed-by-80-house-republicans.html\">one strategy being to de-fund it<\/a> as part of legislation needed to keep the government running after Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/kff.org\/health-reform\/poll-finding\/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-august-2013\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/FT_Kaiser_Health.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"436\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/states-scramble-to-get-health-care-laws-insurance-marketplaces-up-and-running\/2013\/08\/24\/8c3b5d12-0c0a-11e3-8974-f97ab3b3c677_story.html\">Oct. 1 launch date approaches<\/a> under the Affordable Care Act for setting up health insurance marketplaces where uninsured people can shop for coverage, a <a href=\"http:\/\/kff.org\/health-reform\/poll-finding\/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-august-2013\/\">Kaiser Health Tracking Poll<\/a> finds about half (51%) of those surveyed say they don\u2019t have enough information about the ACA to understand how it will impact them and their families.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the survey, conducted Aug. 15-18, also finds that 44% of Americans are unsure whether ACA remains the law. 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