Pulling It Together: A Public Opinion Surprise
Medicaid is the nation’s primary health insurance program for low-income people and people with disabilities, covering more than 60 million people this year.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — April 2011
FeatureAs Congress and the president debate different approaches to reducing the deficit, the April Kaiser Health Tracking Poll indicates that initial public reaction is fairly evenly split when a premium support/voucher program like the one in House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s "Path to Prosperity" proposal is described, but seniors prefer to keep the current…
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How Popular Is The Idea Of Changing Medicare To A Defined Contribution Plan?
Poll FindingIn March 2011, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan released his "Path to Prosperity" budget plan, which included a proposal to change Medicare from a defined benefit program into one in which the government pays a specific amount towards the cost of private health insurance for each enrollee.
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KFF March Health Tracking Poll: One Year Later, Views on Health Reform Remain Divided
PerspectiveHealth reform is a year old and the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a basic division that has changed little during the last 12 months. This month, 42 percent of Americans hold favorable views of the law while 46 percent view it unfavorably.
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KFF February Health Tracking Poll: Nearly Half Confused About Status of the Health Reform Law
PerspectiveIn the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, nearly half of Americans say they are confused about the status of the health reform law.
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Pulling it Together: Forget Math and Science, Teach Civics (Or Why We Need to Bring Back Schoolhouse Rock)
PerspectiveI am seldom surprised by our poll findings, but this month’s tracking poll produced a doozy. Twenty-two percent of the American people think the Affordable Care Act has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2011
FeatureIn the wake of the health reform repeal vote in the
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Race and Recession Survey
Poll FindingThe Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership conducted a survey to examine how the recession has reshaped the lives of Americans and takes a closer look at experiences by race and ethnicity.
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KFF/Harvard Survey on Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 112th Congress Finds An Uptick in Public Opposition to Health Reform As GOP Ramped Up Repeal Campaign
PerspectiveThough the public remains divided on health reform overall, according to a new survey jointly conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health, opposition to the new law ticked upward in January from 41 percent to 50 percent as Republicans ramped up efforts to repeal it.
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Pulling It Together: Repeal
PerspectiveThe House will soon vote to repeal the health reform law, the Senate won’t, and the President would veto it if they did. So what does a House vote for repeal mean? It is, of course, a campaign promise kept to the political right.