What Do the Midterm Election Results Mean for Health Care?
KFF Virtual Event and Special Post-election “What the Health?” Podcast
With voters focused on health care costs as a top affordability concern, what will the results of the midterm elections mean for health care going forward? What motivated voters at the polls, and which ideas or proposals gained momentum on the campaign trail? What health care legislation and oversight might advance with a potential change in the balance of power in Congress while President Trump is still in the White House? And in what ways could all of this influence health care issues in the 2028 presidential race?
On November 5, KFF hosted a special post-election discussion and live podcast taping on these topics and more. KFF experts and journalists provided analysis and insights about what the election results could mean for health policy and took audience questions. Part of the discussion focused on public opinion survey data on how voters weighed health care as they went to the polls nationally and in the four states with abortion-related ballot initiatives.
Moderator
Panelists
Mollyann Brodie
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director, Public Opinion and Survey Research
