The survey showed that 36% of those who have health care insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces are pessimistic about their chances of keeping that coverage, compared with 27% of those with Medicaid and 9% of adults with employer-sponsored health benefits.
Among those who lacked confidence about maintaining their coverage, the largest proportion (32%) of respondents believe that they will lose it because the “Trump administration will not carry out the law” and 19% think that they won’t be able to afford it in the future, they said.
“ Such a shift also would provide a more stable regulatory environment for insurers participating in both the marketplaces and Medicaid,” according to the report.
The Commonwealth Fund’s sixth Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey was conducted by the research firm SSRS between Nov. 2 and Dec. 27, 2017, with responses from 2,410 adults aged 19-64 years. The overall margin of error was ±2.7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.