With open enrollment closed and the first year of the ACA’s coverage expansions underway, six in ten Americans continue to say they have felt no direct personal impact of the law yet. Among those who say they have felt an impact, a larger share reports being directly hurt than directly helped by the law (24 percent versus 14 percent). However, just as overall opinion of the law has divided along party lines from the start, reported personal impact appears to do the same, with Democrats more likely to say the law has helped them (26 percent) and Republicans more likely to report being hurt by the ACA (37 percent). CONT.
Kaiser Family Foundation
