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Black and Hispanic Adults and Those Under Age 30 Remain Most Likely to Want to “Wait and See;” Roughly One in Four Among “Wait and See” Say They Would Be More Likely to Get Vaccinated if Only One Shot Were Required While Enthusiasm Rises, a Persistent Minority Say They Definitely…

On May 2, news media reported a leaked draft of the Supreme Court majority decision for the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, showing the Court plans to completely overturn Roe v. Wade. The draft opinion is not yet final and abortion remains legal nationwide for now. The final Court decision is…

San Francisco, Calif. – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) announced today that it has relocated its headquarters to 185 Berry Street in downtown San Francisco. KFF’s new headquarters in the city’s China Basin neighborhood is located just opposite AT&T ballpark at the water, and will feature an event space…

Majority of Republicans See Medicaid As Welfare While Democrats and Independents See It As Insurance As Congress weighs major budget cuts and structural changes to Medicaid as part of its effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), majorities of the public are wary of those changes to…

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), recently declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the WHO Director-General, is now second only to the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2015 in terms of number of cases and deaths. A new KFF explainer reviews the history…

President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on major health reforms, including building on the Affordable Care Act, better managing the COVID-19 pandemic and lowering prescription drug costs, but a narrowly divided Congress could stifle efforts to enact such major legislation. The Biden administration instead may choose to move forward on a variety…

Republicans More Likely to Expect Positive Changes Than Democrats or Independents Large Majority Favors Continued Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood Fielded March 6-12 as Americans were first learning about the American Health Care Act and before the Congressional Budget Office estimated its effects, the latest Kaiser Tracking Poll shows that…

A new brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation explains the role that Medicaid plays for nearly 7 million nonelderly adults with disabilities in the U.S. and explores what the American Health Care Act could mean for their health care and coverage. Medicaid covers more than three in 10 nonelderly adults…

A major structural change to Medicaid financing such as the per capita cap system called for under the American Health Care Act could have significant implications for the 11 million seniors and people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new brief by the…

The Kaiser Family Foundation’s interactive map now allows users to compare what consumers in each county would pay in health insurance premiums after tax credits in 2020 under the Affordable Care Act vs. the House GOP replacement plan, the American Health Care Act. The maps include estimates by county for…