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Among all the headlines about Medicaid expansion and rhetoric about "death panels," how well do Americans understand what the law actually entails? That's the question behind a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey, in the form of a "pop quiz," asked Americans whether they thought a series of 10 provisions were included in the new law. Five items (ie. subsidies for low- and-moderate-income families, tax credits to businesses that provide health insurance) are in the measure and five items (ie. the aforementioned "death panels," coverage for illegal immigrants) are not. Kaiser found that a quarter of respondents got seven out of 10 answers right, but less than one percent responded to all 10 questions correctly. Overall, 65 percent got five or more answers right. On the other hand, fully a third scored zero to four, with two percent failing to get a single question right. Along party lines, Democrats, who largely favor the law, received the highest scores. Fully 32 percent of Democrats got seven to 10 answers right. Only 18 percent of Republicans answered seven to 10 questions correctly. The GOP generally opposes the measure and its leaders in the House recently voted to repeal it. A similar push for repeal in the Senate failed Wednesday. The survey found that a majority of Americans can identify certain provisions as being part of the ACA, but many have "false impressions" about the law. According to Kaiser: Six in ten (59 percent) think the law creates a government run health plan, which it does not. And roughly two in three (65 percent) think that all businesses -- even the smallest -- will be required to provide health insurance, when in fact businesses with fewer than 50 employees are exempt from this requirement. As for the myth about the so-called "death panels," fully four in 10 believe the legislation allows a government panel to make decisions about end-of-life care for people on Medicare. Less than half answered correctly that "death panels" are not included in the law. Read the complete results of the Kaiser survey here
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