And while we're talking about complicated

[drwex]

http://healthreform.kff.org/quizzes/health-reform-quiz.aspx?source=QL

"You answered 10 out of 10 questions correctly, better than 99.6% of Americans."

OK maybe that wasn't so complicated.

Comments

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Hey, I got 10 out of 10 too! What are the odds that we two would both be better informed than 99.6% of Americans?

(Pretty good, unfortunately.)

[drwex]

Sadly we're both better informed than some of our country's supposed leaders. Boehner in particular got the fact-check buzzer this week repeatedly.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

and me, and melebeth, and chelona (offhand)

(in other words, 99.6% of Americans weren't paying a bit of attention and only listened to the people shouting. i had a bit of dismay at xpioti's journal a couple days back, where she pretty much announced that she had been wallowing in general ignorance ;-/ )

[drwex]

Willful ignorance is a turn-off.

[taura-g.livejournal.com]

9 out of 10

I wasn't sure about this one:
Will the health reform law require all businesses, even the smallest ones, to provide health insurance for their employees?
so answered "Don't know."

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

9 out of 10 here, but I object to the wording on the one i got "wrong":

Q: Will the health reform law provide financial help to low and moderate income Americans who don't get insurance through their jobs to help them purchase coverage?
A: Yes. Individuals without access to affordable coverage who purchase coverage through the new insurance Exchanges and have incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level will be eligible for premium tax credits based on their income.

IMO, "financial help...to help them purchase coverage" implies payments up front, not a tax credit. I'm sorry, but a tax credit might help purchase coverage for the *next* year, not at the point of sale. It's just how time works...

[sandhawke.livejournal.com]

9/10 but that's more because I'm good at taking tests, I guess; I could tell what answers they wanted me to give. The one I got wrong I decided to go against what they were telegraphing, because I didn't think it was true.