Gallup surveyed 854 uninsured Americans from Oct. Gallup had found in a previous survey that 69 percent of the uninsured said they are not very familiar with the exchanges. ( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about Obamacare website) The White House has maintained that they expect enrollment to start off slow and pick up steam as deadlines approach, citing the launch of Massachusetts’s law as an example. Many of the state exchange websites have been functioning better than the federal site. The federal exchange website has been plagued by major problems since its launch, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted on Wednesday enrollment numbers for October will be “very low.” Still, the administration hopes to enroll 7 million Americans on the exchanges by the end of the extended enrollment period in March. ( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO’s guide to the ACA) 1, only 22 percent of the uninsured who said they planned on using the exchanges said yes, according to a Gallup poll out Friday.Īmong uninsured Americans in total, the number is less than one in five: Only 18 percent said they have been to any exchange website. Asked if they’ve been to any government health insurance website since they were launched on Oct.
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