TABLE 1—
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation Messages in Local News Stories About the ACA, Over Time: United States, October 1, 2013–April 19, 2014
| Message | Overall Sample, % (n = 1153) | 2013 Stories, % (n = 617) | 2014 Stories, % (n = 536) | P of Difference by Year | κa |
| Factual policy details for individual enrollees | |||||
| Any mention of fines, subsidies, navigators, questions and answers, enrollment events or information | 36.3 | 31.9 | 41.4 | < .001 | 0.7989 |
| Fines or penalties for not enrolling | 16.4 | 12.3 | 21.1 | < .001 | 0.8908 |
| Information on where to go or number to call | 13.9 | 12.3 | 15.7 | .10 | 0.8508 |
| Subsides are available | 6.9 | 6.0 | 7.8 | .22 | 0.9020 |
| Coverage of a past enrollment or informational event | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.8 | .07 | 0.7456 |
| Population-level contextual information about law | |||||
| Number of enrollees to date | 27.0 | 17.7 | 37.7 | < .001 | 0.8662 |
| Federal or state enrollment goal | 9.1 | 4.7 | 14.2 | < .001 | 0.8032 |
| Number of Web site visitors | 5.2 | 3.2 | 7.5 | .001 | 0.7136 |
| Mentions research or evaluation about ACA | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | .15 | 1.0 |
| Negative information about ACA implementation or enrollment | |||||
| Any Web site glitch | 33.3 | 41.0 | 24.4 | < .001 | 0.8118 |
| Healthcare.gov Web site glitch | 19.1 | 27.1 | 9.9 | < .001 | 0.7880 |
| State Web site glitches | 4.8 | 3.1 | 6.7 | .004 | 0.7247 |
| Narratives about people affected | |||||
| Any narrative | 9.3 | 8.4 | 10.3 | .28 | 0.7838 |
| Narrative of an individual or family helped by law | 5.2 | 2.4 | 8.4 | < .001 | 0.9501 |
a
Estimate of the interrater reliability for each variable across the team of coders.