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Poll: Most Americans Say HIV Is Serious Issue for the Country as Trump Administration Rolls Out New Plan to End HIV by 2030; Black and Hispanic Adults Report More Personal Concern than White Adults
News ReleaseSupport for Medicare-for-all Holds Steady With the Trump administration launching a new domestic HIV effort, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds a large majority of Americans (80%) view the HIV epidemic as a serious national issue, including a third (34%) who view it as “very serious.” Nearly half (46%) view it as a serious concern for people they know, including a quarter (24%) who view it as “very serious.” The poll is the first to…
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Health Apps and Information Survey
Poll FindingThis poll examines the numbers of U.S. adults who use the internet or smartphone apps to research symptoms, track fitness and nutrition, manage their health insurance and health care spending, and engage in other online health-related activity.
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New Survey Finds 72% of Previously Uninsured Californians Now Have Coverage, Including 78% of Those Eligible for New Affordable Care Act Options
News ReleaseFor Remaining Uninsured Residents, Cost and Immigration Status Are Main Obstacles Three years after the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions were fully implemented in California, nearly three quarters (72%) of the state’s previously uninsured residents now have health coverage, finds the fourth Kaiser Family Foundation Longitudinal Panel Survey, which is tracking the experiences of a randomly selected group of Californian adults who were uninsured in 2013. This is similar to the share who reported having insurance…
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Large Majorities Favor Wide Range of Policy Changes to Curb Prescription Drug Costs, Including Those That Give Government a Greater Role in Negotiating or Limiting Prices
News ReleaseAmid news reports about increases in the price for EpiPen and other drugs, the vast majority of Americans – including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents – support several policy changes to control the cost of prescription drugs, including some that would expand government’s role in drug pricing, the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll finds. About eight in 10 Americans say they favor allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies to get…
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Poll: Nearly 10 Years after Its Enactment, the Affordable Care Act is More Popular Than Ever as Republican Voters Instead Target Medicare-for-All
News ReleaseACA is more popular than ever as Republican voters instead target Medicare-for-all; swing voters prefer a public option to Medicare-for-all.
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Health Care in the South Carolina Democratic Primary: KFF Analysis of AP VoteCast Polling
FeatureHealth care ranks among the top issues for voters in the Democratic primaries. This slideshow examines the role of health care as an issue in the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary and is based on KFF analysis of AP VoteCast, a survey of South Carolina primary voters conducted for the Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.
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The Role Of Health Care In The 2020 Election
InteractiveThis interactive map highlights what voters from the 2020 general election and Democratic primary voters said about health care as they vote, based on KFF's analysis of the state-level AP VoteCast data collected in most states. The primary election data also includes state-specific charts highlighting where health care ranks as issue, views about a single-payer health plan and a public option, and other health care findings from the AP VoteCast data with key demographic breakouts.
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KFF Poll: Majority of Americans Say Recent State Abortion Regulations Are Intended to Reduce Access
News ReleaseThe latest KFF poll finds most Americans (67%) think recent state-level abortion restrictions are designed to make access to abortion more difficult, rather than protect women’s health and safety. These state-level abortion restrictions have become more common in the last several years – with lawmakers arguing that these laws are intended to protect women’s health and safety. Overall, twice as many think recent state actions are generally designed to make it more difficult for women…
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Partying Spring Breakers Don’t Represent Most of America’s Young Adults
Policy WatchWhile news stories accurately depict the actions of some young people on spring break, our latest national poll show they are not representative of young adults more broadly who largely say they are engaging in social distancing practices in response to the coronavirus pandemic.