Timeline of ACA Favorability at Key Political Moments Since Passage
Here's how public opinion of the ACA has fluctuated through key political moments since its passage.
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Medicaid Expansion Favorability Has Gained Most Ground With Democrats Since Passage of ACA
FeatureOur November tracking poll found that favorability of Medicaid Expansion across all parties has reached its highest point since passage in the Affordable Care Act seven years ago, but favorability has gained the most ground among Democrats.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll – November 2018: Priorities for New Congress and the Future of the ACA and Medicaid Expansion
FeatureFielded a week after the 2018 midterm elections, this poll examines the public’s priorities for the next Congress, measures favorability for ACA provisions including Medicaid expansion, and takes a look at knowledge of the current open enrollment period among adults ages 18-64 who purchase their own insurance or are currently uninsured. With the impending Texas v. United States lawsuit, in addition to several Trump administration policy actions aimed at different aspects of the U.S. health…
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Bipartisan Majorities Support Trump Administration’s Push to Get Drug Prices in Advertisements, Even after Hearing Counter-Arguments
News ReleaseOnly 1 in 4 Potential Marketplace Customers Know When ACA Open Enrollment Ends; 1 in 5 Say They Would Buy a Short-Term Plan A large majority of the public backs the Trump Administration’s initiative to require prescription drug advertisements to include information about prices, but fewer support other administrative actions involving pre-existing conditions and contraception coverage, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Requiring drugmakers to include price information in their advertisements is a widely…
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Health Care Gives Democrats a Modest Edge with Senior Voters
From Drew AltmanDrew Altman analyzes the senior health care vote in his Axios column. This group, most likely to vote in the midterms, has more Democrats than Republicans and trusts Democrats more on health. They will give Democrats a real but modest advantage in the election.
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The Role Health Is and Is Not Playing in the Midterms
From Drew AltmanWith less than two weeks until Election Day, Drew Altman discusses health being the top issue, but not necessarily the top factor in voters' 2018 decisions. He says the longer-term impact of health may be its continuing role in the debate leading up to the 2020 presidential race.
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Public More Likely To Trust Democratic Party To Do A Better Job Dealing With Most Health Care Issues
Issue BriefA new analysis featuring data from the KFF Election Tracking Poll released in October 2018 finds that the public trusts the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party when it comes to dealing with health care issues, such as increasing women's access to reproductive services, maintaining Medicaid expansion, and maintaining protections for pre-existing conditions.
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KFF Election Tracking Poll: Health Care in the 2018 Midterms
FeatureIn an expansive look at the 2018 midterm elections, this month's KFF Health Tracking Poll includes an in-depth examination of the role health care may be playing in midterm elections nationally, as well as in Florida and Nevada, two bellwether states in which candidates from both parties are talking about health care issues. Health care remains a top priority for Democrats and independents, but ranks lower for Republicans, behind immigration and the economy and jobs.…
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Who Are the 2018 Health Care Voters?
InteractiveThis interactive allows users to examine the demographic profile of health care voters and compare them to voters who do not feel as strongly about a candidate’s position on health care.
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Poll: As Midterms Approach, Health Care Remains Voters’ Top Issue, But President Trump and Other Factors Also Loom Large
News ReleaseMost Florida Voters Favor Expanding Medicaid in their State, As Do Voters across All Non-Expansion States In an expansive look at the role issues and politics may play in the 2018 midterm elections, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll continues to find health care as the top issue for voters, but large shares of voters also say candidate characteristics, President Trump, and party control over Congress will be major factors. In the last KFF tracking…