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Selected Findings on the New Medicare Prescription Drug Law
This chartpack includes recent survey results on the Medicare prescription drug law and seniors' use of the Internet.Chartpack (.pdf)
Report Read More Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2009
The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows little movement in measures of public opinion about health reform from recent months. Among the new findings is a ranking of the public’s top priorities from among a list of elements of the legislation. There were both similarities and differences in priorities across…
Poll Finding Read More The Medicare Drug Benefit: Beneficiary Perspectives Just Before Implementation – Toplines
These toplines provide the complete results from a comprehensive survey of seniors on their understanding of and views toward the Medicare drug benefit. The survey of 802 seniors was conducted in late October 2005, prior to the start of the benefit’s open enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 15, 2005…
Poll Finding Read More Key Findings: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — September 2009
This document contains the key findings from the September Health Tracking Poll. The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted September 11 through September 18, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,203 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone…
Poll Finding Read More Toplines: National Survey of Pharmacists, Findings on Medicare Part D
These toplines provide the results of a 2006 national survey of pharmacists on their views and experiences related to the new Medicare drug benefit.Topline (.pdf)
Poll Finding Read More Toplines: June 2006 Kaiser Health Poll Report
These toplines include selected findings from the June 2006 Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey, a bimonthly survey designed to provide key tracking information on public opinion about health care topics.Toplines (.pdf)
Poll Finding Read More Seniors and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
The survey, which assessed seniors’ views of and experiences with the Medicare drug benefit, was conducted November 9-19 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. It included a nationally representative sample of 718 seniors, including 275 who reported being enrolled in a Medicare drug plan.…
Poll Finding Read More The Role of High-Income Seniors in Medicare Reforms: The Public’s Perspective
Medicare remains in the spotlight as policymakers and presidential candidates look for ways to rein in Medicare spending. One facet of the debate has centered on whether seniors with higher incomes should pay more for their coverage under Medicare. Based on data from the February 2012 Health Tracking Poll, this…
Poll Finding Read More Public Opinion Polling on Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: Historic Trends and Current Nuances
Given the recent debate over raising the age of Medicare eligibility, it is useful to understand public opinion on the issue. This Data Note analyzes KFF’s historic trends and gives a current snapshot of public opinion on the proposal, with a special focus on how views differ by age, and…
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Serious Illness in Late Life: The Public’s Views and Experiences
In context of the rapidly growing number of older adults in the U.S. and increasing challenges that this population faces, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a large scale, nationally representative telephone survey to better understand people’s expectations about later life and efforts they’ve taken to plan for if they become seriously ill. To learn more about the experiences of those with serious illness specifically, this survey also included interviews with adults who are either personally age 65 or older living with a serious illness, or have an older family member who is or was before they recently died.
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