Long-Term Unemployed Survey
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2011
FeatureThe November Health Tracking Poll takes a closer look at public opinion and knowledge about specific provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Findings include: After taking a negative turn in October, the public's overall views on the ACA returned to a more mixed status this month.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Support for Health Reform Law Dips in October
PerspectiveAfter remaining roughly evenly split for most of the last year and a half, this month’s tracking poll found a higher share of the public expressing negative views towards the health reform law.
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Inside Deficit Reduction: What It Means for Medicare
Event Date:EventProposals to generate Medicare savings abound, from the various commissions recommending change, members of Congress and others. Which proposals will, or should receive serious considerations by the Congressional super committee in its quest to find $1.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — October 2011
FeatureThe October health tracking poll finds a more negative overall public mood about the health reform law, driven largely by changes in support for the law among Democrats. The poll also asked the public’s impressions of the Massachusetts health reform law enacted under then- Gov.
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September Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Pre-Existing Conditions
PerspectiveWith several elements of the ACA targeted toward individuals with pre-existing conditions, this month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll takes a closer look at this group.
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Inside Deficit Reduction: What it Means for Health Care
Event Date:EventAfter much heated debate on the U.S. debt limit, the Budget Control Act of 2011 was passed on August 2, 2011, containing more than $900 billion in federal spending reductions over 10 years. The law also established the 12-person “super committee” charged with finding more than $1 trillion in additional savings.
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Grandfathering Explained
PerspectiveThe Republican leadership in the House of Representatives recently indicated that it will be seeking to repeal regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that govern the “grandfathered” status of health plans.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — September 2011
FeatureThe September tracking poll examines public opinion about the "super committee" and explores the views and experience of individuals who have pre-existing health conditions, in addition to continuing tracking opinion about the health reform law.
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The Budget Trigger and Health Reform
PerspectiveNo doubt it will take some time to sort out how elements of the debt deal (formally "The Budget Control Act of 2011") will all work. Delving into the details of how it affects subsidies in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to make insurance more affordable helps to illustrate how complex this business can be.