Data Note: Public Worries About And Experience With Surprise Medical Bills
This data note captures February 2020 poll findings on the public's worries about and experiences with unexpected and surprise medical bills.
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On Super Tuesday, Larger Shares Favor Public Option Than Single Payer, But Majorities Favor Both
FeaturePolling from 8 of the 14 Super Tuesday states that held Democratic presidential primaries that day revealed that a larger share of favored a public option over Medicare-for-all, but majorities still favor both.
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Is There a Widening Gender Gap in Coronavirus Stress?
Policy WatchThe latest KFF Health Tracking Poll, conducted March 25-30, finds many of gender differences in how men and women are experiencing the pandemic persist.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll – May 2020
ReportThis poll examines people's views on the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as many states begin to re-open their states and the economy, including their expectations, experiences and attitudes about the government responses heading into Summer 2020. It also assesses voters' views ahead of the presidential election in November.
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Most Republicans Approve of How President Trump is Handling Medicaid, While Most Democrats and Independents Don’t
Feature51 percent of the public disapprove of how President Trump is handling Medicaid, but approval varies across partisan lines. A majority of Republicans approve, while most Democrats and Independents don't.
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Toplines: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — October 2008
Poll FindingThis document contains the detailed toplines from the October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll. The poll involved a nationally representative random sample of 1,217 adults ages 18 and older, including 1,115 adults who say they are registered to vote, who were interviewed by telephone between October 8 and 13, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points and plus or minus 4 percentage points…
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Chartpack: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — September 2009
Poll FindingThis document contains the chartpack from the September Health Tracking Poll. The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted August 4 through August 11, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,203 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews conducted by landline (801) and cell phone (402, including 123 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish. The margin of…
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2009
Poll FindingThe 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 partisan groups: while assuring the availability of affordable plans ranked in the top three priorities for Democrats, Republicans and independents, deficit neutrality ranked in the…
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Chartpack: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — December 2009
Poll FindingThis 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 conducted by landline (801) and cell phone (403, including 111 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish. The margin of…
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Race and Recession Survey
Poll FindingThe Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership conducted a survey to examine how the recession has reshaped the lives of Americans and takes a closer look at experiences by race and ethnicity. This survey is the 21st in a series of surveys dating back to 1995 that have been conducted as part of The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Project. Toplines (.pdf) Read The Washington Post articles on the survey:Economy poll: African Americans, Hispanics were…