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Uninsured Americans' awareness that most Americans are required to get health insurance or pay a fine has leveled off in recent weeks, as has the percentage of the uninsured who say they will get insurance rather than pay a fine.

A majority of Americans say higher health insurance rates for smokers are justified, but fewer support higher rates for significantly overweight people. Support is lower among smokers and the overweight for policies that affect them.

Physical health trends for U.S. adults have been mixed during Barack Obama's presidency. Overall self-assessments of health have worsened, and obesity and diabetes have climbed, but reports of high cholesterol have trended down.

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Almost two-thirds of American adults (64.7%) visited a dentist in 2013, essentially unchanged since 2008. Rates are lowest among men, those with lower incomes, blacks and Hispanics, and those living in the South.

Americans remain more negative than positive toward the Affordable Care Act on various measures, including 43% approval and 54% disapproval of the law itself. A clear majority (64%) say the law has not directly affected them.

Americans agree with President Donald Trump's proposals to require family leave and spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, but disagree with his proposed wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Americans are more positive about how the U.S. economy compares with other modern nations than they were in 2012 and less positive about comparisons of individual freedoms and quality of life.

Uninsured Americans are increasingly aware of the requirement to have insurance, up to 80% from 56% this summer. However, there has been no increase in their familiarity with the insurance exchanges since they opened.

Seven in 10 uninsured Americans report that they are unfamiliar with the healthcare law's insurance exchanges, similar to last month. At the same time, awareness of the law's requirement that Americans have insurance is up slightly.