Data Note: A Snapshot of Public Opinion on the Individual Mandate
For the two years since the law's passage, and during the debate leading up to it, the individual mandate has been one of the most controversial aspects of the law.
View the Latest: Public Opinion and Survey Research
Filter
-
-
Kaiser Survey Probes Health Insurance Brokers’ Views on Insurance Trends, ACA
PerspectiveA new nationally representative survey of 500 health insurance agents and brokers working in the individual and small group markets by the Kaiser Family Foundation explores their outlook on market trends and views on the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
-
July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: A Focus On The Mandate and the Medicaid Expansion in the Aftermath of the Supreme Court Decision
PerspectiveThis second July poll reports in further depth on public opinion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
-
KFF February Health Tracking Poll: Nearly Half Confused About Status of the Health Reform Law
PerspectiveThe latest Kaiser Health Tracking poll finds that amid a public debate about contraceptive coverage in insurance plans, 63 percent of Americans support a new federal requirement that plans include no-cost birth control, while a third oppose it.
-
January 2012 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: The ACA and the Supreme Court
PerspectiveAs the Supreme Court prepares to hear legal challenges to the health reform law in March, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows that most Americans (59 percent) expect the Justices to base their ruling on their own ideological views rather than their interpretation of the law (28 percent).
-
Overall Public Support for the Health Reform Law Is Steady from June
PerspectiveThe July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll indicates overall public support for the health reform law is steady from June, while unfavorable views of the law have trended downward somewhat. Half the public (50%) now expresses a favorable view of the law, while 35 percent say they have an unfavorable opinion (down from 41% in June).
-
Kaiser December Tracking Poll: Public Remains Divided on Health Reform Law; Significant Number of People Struggle Financially
PerspectiveAs 2010 draws to a close, the latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the public still divided in their views of the health reform law, a sentiment largely unchanged since the law’s enactment in March.
-
KFF September Tracking Poll Looks at Health Reform and the Elections
PerspectiveThe tug of war for public opinion on health reform continues this month, with approval and disapproval remaining in the same relatively narrow band each has occupied since passage even as favorable views regain a small upper hand, 49 percent favorable vs. 40 percent unfavorable.
-
Confusion Declines, but Remains Widespread in KFF May Tracking Poll
PerspectiveConfusion over the new health reform law declined but remains widespread, with 44 percent of the public saying they were confused in May, compared to 55 percent in April.
-
Kaiser November Tracking Poll Finds Health Care a Factor in Congressional Election, But Not a Dominant One
PerspectiveThis month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted during the four days following the mid-term election, asked voters in an open-ended question to name in their own words the biggest factors influencing their vote for Congress, and found that health care was a factor, but not a dominant one.