As part of the Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership series, these toplines are of a poll taken to better understand how health care played into the mix of issues and frustrations that brought voters to the polls in the Massachusetts special election for the U.S. Senate.

This survey in the ongoing Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership illuminates the experiences and needs of those living in the Detroit area in the midst of an economic catastrophe.  The survey includes questions about job loss and job security, views about the future of the Detroit area, the U.S. auto industry, and the future for American workers more generally.

The December Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a dip on several measures of public opinion on health care reform. Public opinion in December looks more like it did in August, the last time this debate became so contentious. Despite the dip, a majority of the public says that it is more important than ever to pursue health reform now.

The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows little movement in measures of public opinion about health reform from recent months. The poll does report new findings of the public's ranking their top priorities for health reform legislation, their reasons for support and opposition in their own words, and, for the first time this year, their reporting seeing more anti-reform ads than pro-reform ads.  

This is an updated survey on the U.S. role in global health, which probes American public opinion about efforts by the U.S. to improve the health of people in developing nations. According to the poll findings, most Americans support current U.S. spending to improve health conditions in poorer nations despite the economic recession and more of them prefer an emphasis on health infrastructure rather than fighting specific diseases.

The October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public support for health reform unchanged since last month, with more in favor than opposed.
Survey also shows about half of the public believes that if reform passes, help for the uninsured and changes in insurance market rules would arrive within the first year, years ahead of the timetables contemplated in the legislation.

Our annual 50-state survey finds that number of people on Medicaid and state spending on the program are climbing sharply as a result of the recession, straining state budgets and pressuring officials to curb costs despite increased financial help from the federal government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The September Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that public support for health reform ended its summer slide, reversed course and moved modestly upwards in September. The survey also finds initial majority support for taxing expensive health plans and imposing fees on insurers to pay for reform.

This data note based on the Foundation's public opinion work finds that though most Americans say their insurance is "excellent" or "good," these positive ratings do not necessarily paint a complete picture. On closer examination, the data finds that younger Americans, those with lower incomes and those who report being in poor personal health are significantly less likely to say they are satisfied with their insurance than their counterparts.

This benchmark annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing policies and other relevant information.