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  • How Popular Is The Idea Of Changing Medicare To A Defined Contribution Plan?

    Poll Finding

    In March 2011, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan released his "Path to Prosperity" budget plan, which included a proposal to change Medicare from a defined benefit program into one in which the government pays a specific amount towards the cost of private health insurance for each enrollee. Surveys conducted by five different polling organizations from March-April 2011 have attempted to gauge the level of public support for such a plan, and their results have…

  • Americans Are Divided About Health Reform Proposals Overall, But the Public, Including Critics, Becomes More Supportive When Told About Key Provisions

    Poll Finding

    Embargoed for release until:January 22, 2010 For further information contact:Rakesh Singh, (650) 854-9400, RSingh@kff.orgChrisLee (202) 347-5270, CLee@kff.org Americans AreDivided About Health Reform Proposals Overall, But the Public, IncludingCritics, Becomes More Supportive When Told About Key Provisions MENLO PARK, CA –A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds thatAmericans are divided over congressional health reform proposals, but also thatlarge shares of people, including skeptics, become more supportive after beingtold about many of the major provisions in the…

  • Race and Recession Survey

    Poll Finding

    The 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…

  • The Swing States and Medicare

    Poll Finding

    The latest partnership poll from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation explores attitudes towards Medicare among registered voters in three swing states -- Florida, Virginia, and Ohio. While the economy remains the top issue, in each state about four in ten voters say Medicare is an extremely important issue to their vote. As of mid-September, majorities of voters in these states say they would prefer to keep Medicare as it is rather than…

  • Survey Brief: Views and Experiences with HIV Testing Among African Americans in the U.S.

    Issue Brief

    This survey brief, based on the 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, examines African Americans' reported views and experiences with HIV testing. The U.S. AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected African Americans, who account for nearly half of new infections, while representing just 12 percent of the U.S. population. The brief highlights trends and differences among African Americans by age and gender when noteworthy. Survey Brief (.pdf)

  • Pre-Election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election

    Poll Finding

    This document contains the detailed toplines from the "Pre-election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election" designed and analyzed by researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. The study's findings are featured in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The survey was conducted September 10 through September 21, 2008, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,622 registered voters age 18 and older. Of these…

  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Summary

    Poll Finding

    This is the summary of a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans' attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama's announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current Administration…

  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Toplines

    Poll Finding

    These are the complete toplines for a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama’s announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current…

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — August 2008

    Poll Finding

    The 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…