Window of Opportunity?
Beginning this Spring, between expected approval of an economic stimulus package and the start of campaigning for the midterm election, there will be a rare window of opportunity for passage of major health reform legislation.
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Chartpack — The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress
Poll FindingChartpack -- The Public's Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress This chartpack provides the key findings from the survey of the public's attitudes regarding the health care agenda for President Obama and the new Congress in 2009.
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Toplines — The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress
Poll FindingToplines -- The Public's Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress This document contains the detailed toplines from The Public's Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress poll.
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Survey of Detroit Area Residents — Toplines
Poll FindingSurvey of Detroit Area Residents — Toplines The Survey of Detroit Area Residents, the 18th in the Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership series, was conducted by telephone from November 5 to 22, 2009 among 1,211 respondents age 18 and older living in the Detroit area (defined as Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties).
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Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn: Impact of Tight Budgets on Families and States
Fact SheetThe economic downturn has strained family finances and prompted some Americans to cut back on medications and forgo preventive care and visits to the doctor. At the same time, the downturn has triggered declines in tax revenue that inhibit states’ ability to meet rising Medicaid program costs as enrollment spikes during economic hard times.
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Findings of Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — October 2008
Poll FindingThis document contains the key findings 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.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008: October 2008
Poll FindingThe final Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 finds more people are reporting problems with health care bills, and paying for health care retains a solid hold on the public’s list of their top economic concerns.
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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.
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Voters and Health Reform in the 2008 Presidential Election
Poll FindingThis analysis, published in the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), finds that seven in ten registered voters say major changes are needed in the U.S. health care system.
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Pre-Election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election
Poll FindingThis 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.