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Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn: Impact of Tight Budgets on Families and States
The economic downturn has strained family finances and prompted some Americans to cut back on medications and forgo preventive care and visits to the doctor. At the same time, the downturn has triggered declines in tax revenue that inhibit states’ ability to meet rising Medicaid program costs as enrollment spikes…
Fact Sheet Read More The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress
The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress This survey captures the public’s attitudes regarding the health care agenda for President Obama and the new Congress in 2009. It assesses the relative priority placed on health care by the American public as part of addressing the…
Poll Finding Read More Post-Election Survey: The Public and the Health Care Agenda for the New Administration and Congress
This Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard School of Public Health survey, conducted immediately after the 2000 Presidential election, finds that health care issues ranked near the top of voters priorities for spending the surplus. Medicare ranked among the top three priorities, along with education and Social Security, and ahead of paying off…
Poll Finding Read More Health Care Agenda for the New Congress – Toplines
This document includes the complete toplines from a survey of the public’s attitudes regarding the health care agenda for Bush’s second term and the new Congress in 2005. It assesses the relative priority placed on health-care concerns by the American public and also provides insight into public opinion on key…
Poll Finding Read More Low-Income Adults in New Orleans in 2008: Who Are They and How Are They Faring?
Based on data from Kaiser’s Second Post-Katrina Survey, this Survey Brief profiles low-income adults in New Orleans in 2008, examining their demographics, personal recovery from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, worries and concerns, and financial and health care challenges. It finds that low-income adults in New Orleans are more likely…
Poll Finding Read More Chartpack: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — December 2009
This document contains the chartpack from the December Health Tracking Poll. The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted December 7 through December 13, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,204 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews…
Poll Finding Read More Uninsured and Underserved: The Health Care Experiences of Latinos in the Nation’s Capital
A summary of Latino experiences and opinions regarding access to health care in the District of Columbia, this brief also contrasts the experiences of Latinos in the District of Columbia with those of Latinos nationally. Report (.pdf)
Report Read More Policy and Political Implications of the Supreme Court Case on the Affordable Care Act
This webcast features a Kaiser Family Foundation briefing held on March 14, 2012, examining the policy and political implications of the pending U.S. Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At the briefing, the Foundation released new polling data on the public’s views about the case as well…
Event Read More Toplines: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — June 2007
This document contains the detailed toplines from the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – June 2007. Topline (.pdf)
Poll Finding Read More Pulling It Together: Moving Away From Employer Based Coverage: Don’t Forget Public Opinion
One of the underlying big issues in the unfolding health reform debate is whether most Americans should continue to get insurance through work where they get it today, or purchase it themselves in the individual private health insurance marketplace. Senator McCain promotes moving to individual insurance and having individuals rather…
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