Many uninsured are ignorant of Obamacare mandate tax and lapsed coverage deadline: survey

More than four out of every 10 people likely to be sanctioned for not having health insurance in 2014 heard “nothing or only little” about the Obamacare tax penalty, according to a new study that underscores the potential backlash administration officials could face from uninsured Americans before the April 15 tax deadline.

Researchers Urban Institute also found that only a quarter of uninsured people with incomes that expose them to the “individual mandate” tax expect to pay the penalty.

Making matters worse, 65 percent of those likely to pay the...