Majority Of Voters Oppose Changing Medicare To Premium Support System
Majority Of Voters Oppose Changing Medicare To Premium Support System Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted October 18-23, 2012)…
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Even Among Seniors, Relatively Few Aware That Wealthier Seniors Pay Higher Medicare Premiums
FeatureEven Among Seniors, Relatively Few Aware That Wealthier Seniors Pay Higher Medicare Premiums Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)…
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Testimony: An Overview of the Medicare Program and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Costs and Service Use
Event Date:EventJuliette Cubanski, Associate Director of the Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy, testified on Feb. 27, 2013 before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to provide an overview of the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries' costs and service utilization. Testimony (.
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Public Opinion Polling on Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: Historic Trends and Current Nuances
Poll FindingGiven the recent debate over raising the age of Medicare eligibility, it is useful to understand public opinion on the issue.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: November 2012
FeatureThe November poll finds that while health care ranked as a second-tier issue in this month's election, President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney tied among voters who felt strongly about the Affordable Care Act, and President Obama won an advantage among voters who said Medicare was important to their vote, and among women on…
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Kaiser Family Foundation Resources on Deficit-Reduction Debate
ReportThese Foundation resources shed light on how the ongoing national debate about deficit reduction may affect Medicare, Medicaid and other health-care programs.
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Whom Does the Public Trust More on Health Care and Medicare?
Poll FindingThis data note reviews takes a historical look at the public's views of whom they trust more, Democrats or Republicans, when it comes to health care policy and Medicare policy and analyzes these views in the context of the current presidential election, in which both issues are playing a prominent role. Data Note (.
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Seniors and the 2012 Presidential Election
FeatureThis data note draws primarily on two national surveys, the September Kaiser Health Tracking Poll and the Kaiser 2012 National Survey of Seniors, to examine how health issues are playing as a 2012 election issue for seniors, how this politically important group feels about a variety of policy proposals related to Medicare, including the premium…
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Seniors' Knowledge and Experience With Medicare's Open Enrollment Period and Choosing a Plan: Key Findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation 2012 National Survey of Seniors
Issue BriefThese key findings from the Foundation's 2012 National Survey of Seniors relate to seniors’ knowledge and experience with Medicare’s open enrollment period and choosing a plan.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2012
FeatureThe October Health Tracking Poll finds, one week before the presidential election, the economy remains the primary concern on voters' minds, but health policy issues remain in the mix.