Table 3.
Subjects’ Awareness and Involvement in the Affordable Care Act
| Not Homeless n=462 |
Homeless n=134 |
SRO n=54 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Average understanding of the ACA (SD) *Analog scale 0 (low understanding)-10 (very knowledgeable) |
3.5 (0.57) | 2.1 (2.5) | 2.2 (2.6) |
| Where did you hear about the ACA? (%) | |||
| Has never heard of the ACA | 47 (10) | 35 (26) | 7 (13) |
| Television | 290 (63) | 67 (50) | 31 (57) |
| Radio | 29 (6) | 11 (8) | 8 (15) |
| Friend | 48 (10) | 17 (13) | 4 (7) |
| Social Worker | 5 (1) | 9 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Medicaid Provider | 21 (5) | 8 (6) | 2 (4) |
| Other | 86 (19) | 10 (7) | 6 (11) |
| Do you currently qualify for Medicaid? (%) | |||
| Yes | 272 (59) | 111 (83) | 47 (87) |
| No | 75 (16) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Not sure | 108 (23) | 22 (16) | 7 (13) |
| If unsure, do you make less than 1,300 a month? (%) | |||
| Yes | 57/108 (53) | 20/22 (91) | 5/7 (71) |
| No | 46/108 (43) | 2/22 (9) | 2/7 (29) |
| Has never enrolled in Medicaid prior to January 1st 2014 (%) | 252 (55) | 52 (39) | 15 (28) |
| Attempted to enroll in health insurance through the ACA (%) | 142 (31) | 44 (33) | 14 (26) |
| Successfully enrolled in health insurance through ACA (%) | 83 (18) | 27 (20) | 12 (22) |
| Of those that attempted to enroll, how did you enroll? (%) | |||
| Enrolled online | 61/142 (43) | 6/44 (14) | 2/14 (14) |
| Enrolled at hospital or clinic | 37/142 (26) | 13/44 (30) | 6/14 (43) |
| Enrolled at Medicaid office | 31/142 (22) | 22/44 (50) | 4/14 (29) |
| How important is health insurance to you? (SD) *Analog scale 0 (not important)-10 (very important) |
9.4 (1.5) | 9.2 (1.8) | 9.3 (2.0) |
ACA=Affordable Care Act, SRO=Single Room Occupancy, SD=Standard Deviation