COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor Dashboard

Latest Polling
43%
Black adults, along with young adults, are the most likely to say they want to “wait and see” how the COVID-19 vaccine is working for other people before getting vaccinated themselves. 
36%
A third of those who have not yet been vaccinated have heard at least one of three inaccurate claims about the vaccine and either believe the misinformation or aren’t sure if it is true.
60%
Most U.S. adults who have not yet gotten vaccinated say they do not have enough information about when to get a COVID-19 vaccine once they are eligible. 
79%
Doctors, nurses, and health care providers are the source where most people say they will likely to turn for information when deciding to get a COVID-19 vaccine. 
Health Policy in Biden Administration
  • How Can Trump Administration Regulations Be Reversed?

    With the inauguration of President Biden and Democrats holding a slim majority in Congress, policymakers are likely to consider whether and how to reverse various health policy regulations issued by the Trump Administration.

  • The Mexico City Policy: An Explainer

    An overview of the Mexico City Policy, which, when last in effect, required foreign NGOs to certify that they would not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S. funds) as a condition for receiving most U.S. government global health assistance.

  • Marketplace Eligibility Among the Uninsured: Implications for a Broadened Enrollment Period and ACA Outreach

    In this analysis, we examine key demographic characteristics of the uninsured eligible to buy Marketplace coverage, estimating the numbers of people who might benefit from an SEP and how outreach activities might be best targeted.

  • Current Status of the Title X Network and the Path Forward

    In states that do not implement the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many adults will fall into a “coverage gap” of earning too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to qualify for Marketplace premium tax credits. Nationwide, 2.2 million poor uninsured adults are in this situation.

Stat of the Week

8.9 million
Four million uninsured people could get an ACA bronze plan with no premium payment and 4.9 million others could get subsidies to offset the cost of such a plan if the Biden Administration were to re-open ACA marketplace enrollment. These 8.9 million people represent nearly 60% of the approximately 15 million uninsured people in the U.S. who could shop for health insurance coverage on the ACA Marketplaces.

Chart of the Week

Long-Term Care Facilities Battled Rising COVID-19 Cases In Weeks Leading Up to Roll Out of Vaccines to Residents and Staff

Approximately three-quarters of reporting states with trend-able data (28 of 38) experienced their highest average weekly number of new coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities in November or December 2020.

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