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.

The Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation co-sponsored this briefing to have an expanded panel of prominent experts answer questions about how public support for health reform waxes and wanes depending, not only on what’s being proposed in the reform proposals, but also on who asks the question and how it is asked.

New NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Poll Examines This survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s views and opinions of the role of health care interest groups in the ongoing federal health care debate.  The survey examines whether people feel their views are represented in the ongoing legislative process and their level of trust in different groups.

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 March 2009 survey to gauge the opinions and experiences of Healthy San Francisco's (HSF) first wave of participants reports high rates of satisfaction and signs that the program has improved access to care for those uninsured residents who have enrolled.

The August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a slim majority of Americans continues to favor moving forward on health care reform now despite an intensifying ad war and a political climate of contentious town hall meetings that coincide with rising concerns about the reform effort.

The July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a majority of the public remains supportive of taking action on health reform now, though there is some softening of support as criticisms and doubts seem to be registering.

The brief report compares and contrasts recent survey findings on Americans’ general inclinations on willingness to pay for health reform, and also revisits recent findings on specific revenue raising proposals.