Gallup Poll: Uninsured Americans are saying NO to Obamacare

Fewer than one in five uninsured Americans have visited the state-based, online Obamacare portals to consider getting insurance, according to a new Gallup poll. 

The new Obamacare marketplaces have been open since Oct. 1 -- HealthCare.gov serves as the online portal for the marketplaces in 36 states, while the rest of the states are running their own websites. Open enrollment on the new marketplaces lasts through March. Most Americans will have to get insurance before then, or they will be fined by the IRS (the penalty for not having health insurance is $95 in the first year.

Even so, just 18 percent of uninsured Americans have visited a marketplace website, according to the Gallup poll, conducted Oct. 23 - Nov. 6. Among uninsured Americans who say they plan to get insurance on the new marketplaces, just 22 percent have visited them. 

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An earlier Gallup survey found that less than half of uninsured Americans who plan to get insurance (44 percent of them) plan to look for it on the new marketplace. Meanwhile, one in four uninsured people told Gallup they're more likely to pay the fine than get coverage.

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