From Health Affairs

The Health Reform Monitoring Survey: Addressing Data Gaps to Provide Timely Insights into the Affordable Care Act

About the HRMS

The Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS) is a quarterly survey of the nonelderly population that is exploring the value of cutting-edge Internet-based survey methods to monitor the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before data from federal government surveys are available. Funding for the core HRMS is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Urban Institute.
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HRMS Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about the Health Reform Monitoring Survey, how it is conducted, and the type of information we collect.
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Policy Brief: Who Has Been Looking for Information in the ACA Marketplaces?

Most uninsured adults who looked for information in the Marketplaces were seeking to purchase coverage or determine their subsidy eligibility.

Policy Brief: Looking Behind ACA Opinion Polling

Those affected by early provisions have more favorable opinions of the ACA than those not affected.

Policy Brief: Most Adults Not Aware of Health Reform Coverage Provisions

Few adults know the penalty for individual mandate noncompliance or whether their state is expanding Medicaid.

Policy Brief: Expectations for Health Care Quality, Access, and Costs

Most adults expect to be neither better- or worse-off in 2014 than in 2013.

Policy Brief: Access and Affordability within the Medicaid Target Population

Uninsured adults in the target population are more likely to have had trouble accessing care.

Quick Takes

Future Policy Briefs: In the first quarter of 2014, the Urban Institute Health Policy Center will publish briefs on the following topics using new data from the HRMS:

  • Variation in support for the Affordable Care Act
  • Racial and ethnic differences in health insurance literacy
  • The target population's experiences with the new Marketplace: who is not being reached?
  • Who is shopping for coverage on the marketplace and why?
  • Consumers rate the Marketplace: What is working and what isn’t
  • Experiences with the new Marketplaces following the launch of open enrollment
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