With the clock ticking down on open enrollment, knowledge about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn't getting any better.
In its monthly tracking poll, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 76 percent of the uninsured are not aware of the looming deadline to sign up for health coverage under PPACA. Only 24 percent correctly know the deadline for signing up for coverage — before facing a fine — is March 31.
A survey from Bankrate.com last month found similar findings about unawareness over the PPACA deadline. But Kaiser's new poll underscores the challenges for the administration with just five weeks left for consumers to sign up for coverage under the law.
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