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  • Survey of Likely Voters in Early Primary States

    Poll Finding

    This document includes detailed results from a November 2007 Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February 2008 primaries or caucuses. Data from the survey was published in the Jan. 24 New England Journal of Medicine as part of an analysis by Harvard and Kaiser researchers. The survey was conducted by telephone November 1-11, 2007 before any primary elections had occurred, in order to reflect…

  • Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries

    Poll Finding

    This analysis find that the sharply contrasting health care platforms of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates reflect dramatic differences in the perspectives of their primary voters. The article analyzes a newly released Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February primaries or caucuses, as well as data from 10 other recent surveys by national media polling organizations. The article, "Health Care in the…

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – December 2007

    Poll Finding

    This December 2007 tracking poll finds finds that Iraq continues to top the list of issues that the public wants to hear presidential candidates talk about, with more than a third (35%) naming the war as one of the top two issues in an open-ended question. Health care (30%) ranks second, followed by the economy (21%) and immigration (17%). Health care ranks second behind Iraq for Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike. However, while health ranks…

  • Key Findings: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – December 2007

    Poll Finding

    This document presents key findings from the December 2007 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, which tracks changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan, and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans.  Key Findings (.pdf)

  • Nursing Home Reform: Then and Now

    Video

    To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA 87), this video examines the history surrounding the law. The video includes a look at the state of nursing home care before the law, an overview of the legislative process that brought about the law, and recent developments in nursing home quality. The video features…

  • Key Findings: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – October 2007

    Poll Finding

    This document presents key findings from the October 2007 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, which tracks changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans  Key Findings (.pdf)

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – October 2007

    Poll Finding

    This October 2007 tracking poll finds health care ranks second behind Iraq as an issue that the public wants the candidates to talk about.  The rankings hold not only for Democrats and independents, but also for Republicans. When asked to name the two issues that they want to hear the presidential candidates talk about, people overall are most likely to name Iraq (44 percent), followed by health care (38 percent), the economy (18 percent) and…

  • NPR/KFF/HSPH Survey: Public Views on SCHIP Reauthorization: Summary

    Poll Finding

    This summary provides an overview of the results of an October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health on the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization. Summary (.pdf)