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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — August 2008
Poll FindingThe latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll finds that one in four (24%) Americans continues to struggle with paying for health care. Health care ranks as a "serious problem" above paying for food (18%), problems with debt (16%), and paying the rent or mortgage (15%) and below paying for gas (37%) or getting a good paying job or raise in pay (26%). Among the 24 percent that find paying for health care or…
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Data Note: Americans’ Views on the Personal Impact of the ACA and the Supreme Court’s Decision
Poll FindingThis Data Note draws from the March 2012 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll and examines people's impressions of how the law and the Court case will affect them, focusing primarily on those groups that are in the position to receive the greatest benefits. For the most part, those that stand to benefit most are not more likely than others to expect to be better off under the law, or to feel that the Supreme Court's decision…
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Data Note: A Snapshot of Public Opinion on the Individual Mandate
Poll FindingFor 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. As the lawyers, policy makers, ACA opponents and supporters focus intently on the Supreme Court hearings, this Data Note looks at what the general public thinks of the mandate, explores the reasons why favorability ratings have been so low, and suggests that while opinion on…
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The Public, Health Care Reform, and Views on Repeal
Poll FindingThis data note reviews the Foundation's recent public opinion polls for the public's views about repeal of the law. Data Note (.pdf)
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Americans Remain Divided on Health Reform But Are Confused About The Law And How And When It Will Affect Them
News ReleaseMany Provisions That Take Effect in 2010 Are Popular and Have Bipartisan Support Cable News Tops List of the Public’s “Most Important” Information Sources MENLO PARK, Calif. –The first Kaiser Health Tracking Poll fielded since the passage of health reform last month finds that 8 in 10 Americans know that President Obama signed the legislation into law. But 55 percent say they are confused about the law and more than half (56%) say they don’t yet have…
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Even Among Seniors, Relatively Few Aware That Wealthier Seniors Pay Higher Medicare Premiums
FeatureEven Among Seniors, Relatively Few Aware That Wealthier Seniors Pay Higher Medicare Premiums Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)
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Fewer Want To Expand Medicaid After Hearing Their State Could Spend More
FeatureFewer Want To Expand Medicaid After Hearing Their State Could Spend More Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)
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Greater Share Like Preventive Services, MLR Than Are Aware Of Them
FeatureGreater Share Like Preventive Services, MLR Than Are Aware Of Them Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted August 7-12, 2012)
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Increasing Share See Global Progress On HIV/AIDS
FeatureIncreasing Share See Global Progress On HIV/AIDS Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation surveys