Is Health Insurance Still Sexy in the Age of Obamacare? eHealth Survey Says: Yes... Sort Of
The survey was conducted in April and
eHealth's analysis revealed certain changes in attitude over the past few years.
Question | 2011-2012 Response | 2014 Response | Change | |||
Would you be more attracted to someone if you knew they had health insurance? | Yes: 93% (2011 survey) |
Yes: 65% |
-28% decrease | |||
Would you rather be uninsured and live on your own, or move back home and have health insurance? | Live at home: 74% (2011 survey) |
Live at home: 44% |
-30% decrease | |||
How would you feel about taking government subsidies to help you pay for health insurance? | Glad for the help: 64% (2012 survey) |
Glad for the help: 70% | +6% increase | |||
Would you be less likely to participate in dangerous sporting activities if you were uninsured? | Yes: 47% (2011 survey) |
Yes: 47% |
No change | |||
Additional highlights from eHealth's survey of young adult policy holders are provided below.
Young Adult Lifestyle Choices Resulting From
Odd, pork-related dishes do not become more attractive if a person has health insurance - When asked which of the "
Pickled pigs feet, chitlins, geotta and scrapple (all made from pork) polled poorly, below 7%, putting them on par with fried rattlesnake. The Hawaiian favorite, loco moco, was the clear leader earning 28% of the vote; deep fried cheese curds were a distant second, gaining 19% of the vote;
1. Loco moco,
2. Deep-fried cheese curds, Upper Midwest: 19%
3. Turducken,
4. Reindeer hot dogs,
5. Geoduck,
6. Fried diamondback rattlesnake,
7. Chitlins, The South: 6%
8. Scrapple,
9. Pickled pigs feet, The South: (3%)
10. Goetta,
Cheaters love deep dish pizza, more than BBQ meats and ice cream - When asked what foods they'd be most tempted to eat if no one was watching, millennials in the survey were overwhelmingly drawn to deep dish pizza (22%), followed closely by barbecued meats (21%) and ice cream (21%). Hamburgers (19%) and sushi (12%) rounded out the top 5, with hummus and baby carrots (6%) coming in a distant sixth, and flax seeds and dehydrated strawberries (0%) failing to garner a single vote.
eHealth Survey Demographics
- Almost half (49%) of survey respondents report that they are currently working full time, while 18% say that they are working part-time; one-quarter (25%) indicate that they are currently in school; only 5% report being unemployed.
- Nearly two-thirds of respondents (65%) indicate that they are currently in college or graduated from college within the past two years.
eHealth Survey Methodology
The results and analysis above are based on an eHealth customer survey conducted between
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