The Commonwealth poll appears to be the first national survey since the health-law passed to have gone beyond questions about insurance status and asked about satisfaction and usage.

The survey also found that a majority of people are using their new insurance. The survey found that 60 percent of the newly insured had gone to a doctor or a hospital or filled a prescription with their new plan. Of those, more than 60 percent said they wouldn’t have been able to afford the care without their new coverage. Most people seeking new primary care doctors found the process fairly easy and had to wait less than two weeks for an appointment.

That news, of course, can cut both ways. It may be a sign that the new plans are working as intended by making it easy for people to have access to affordable care. It may also be a sign that those newly insured people are relatively sick and will be particularly expensive to insure. Commonwealth found that about 70 percent of people using their plans had a pre-existing health problem. It will take some time to see how costly this new population turns out to be.

It’s also early to know whether this happiness will last. You might expect the first people to sign up for a new program to be those most enthusiastic about its prospects to improve their life. But with widespread coverage of complaints about high costs and limited networks of doctors, the new study suggests that, among the early adopters, at least, the benefits of coverage outweigh the problems.