Although open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act's insurance Marketplaces is almost here, a 10-question survey from Kaiser Family Foundation found that the health law's target audience still ...

New UnitedHealthcare Consumer Sentiment Survey provides insights into Americans’ health care knowledge, opinions and preferences during open enrollment More people (32 percent) are using websites and ...

The Urban Institute’s Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS), initiated in 2013, is a valuable way to obtain early data about the American public’s ability to understand health insurance concepts and ...

The good news is more Americans are using technology to improve access to healthcare and to make more educated choices. The bad news: Most healthcare shoppers have a very limited understanding of ...

Many health industry experts have warned that consumers don't understand the health reform law's provisions, and a new study says that's because consumers don't even understand how insurance works.

More employees are willing to comparison shop when it comes to health insurance, despite struggling with basic insurance concepts and terminology. They also are willing to use the Internet and other ...

A significant number of Americans comparison shop for healthcare services, but limited health literacy may keep them from understanding what they're shopping for, according to a new survey.

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