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The percentage of uninsured Americans dropped to 16.0% from 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013. The uninsured rate among 26- to 34-year-olds continues to decline faster than among any other age group.

Eighteen percent of uninsured Americans have attempted to visit a healthcare exchange website. The percentage is slightly higher, 22%, among uninsured Americans who plan to get insurance through the exchanges.

More U.S. adults were uninsured in the third quarter of 2013 than in any quarter since Gallup began tracking in 2008, with 18% reporting they lacked health insurance. Uninsured rates for both 18- to 25-year-olds and 26- to 64-year-olds ...

More uninsured adults would be willing to sign up for health insurance as penalty fines increase. However, this effect differs depending on the amount of the fine.

The uninsured rate in states that have chosen to expand Medicaid and set up their own marketplace exchanges based on the 2010 healthcare law has declined by three times as much as the rate in states that have not.

Slightly fewer than one in three Americans say they have put off medical treatment in the past year because of the cost. This figure is in line with readings since 2006, but higher than readings prior to that.

Putting off treatment for a medical condition because of the cost is at a high ebb in the U.S.

The large majority of uninsured Americans plan to get health insurance rather than pay the fine. But awareness of the new insurance exchanges is low among the uninsured, with less than half planning to get coverage through them.

Less than a week before the healthcare insurance exchanges reopen, 66% of Americans are satisfied with how the healthcare system works for them. Satisfaction varies by health insurance status, political party affiliation and race.