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While overall opinion of the Affordable Care Act has been more favorable than unfavorable since 2017, there remain deep partisan divides. See how public opinion on the ACA has changed from the inception of the law to the present. This interactive tool highlights key moments when views shifted and trends based on party identification, income, age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

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  • New Analysis Maps Prevalence of Pre-Existing Conditions by Metro Area

    News Release

    A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis maps rates of pre-existing conditions across 129 metropolitan and micropolitan areas in the U.S., finding that even within the same state, the prevalence of such conditions can vary substantially. For example, 34 percent of residents of Florence, South Carolina have a pre-existing condition, but further south in Charleston and Hilton Head, the rate is 24 percent. The share of non-elderly adults with a pre-existing condition ranges from 41 percent…

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – Late Summer 2018: The Election, Pre-Existing Conditions, and Surprises on Medical Bills

    Feature

    The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll continues to find pre-existing conditions as a widespread concern with most Americans saying it is very important that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) protections for people with pre-existing conditions remain law. With health care costs continuing to be a major topic in the 2018 campaigns, the poll looks at the public’s experiences with unexpected medical bills and finds that this tops a list of possible problems people could face.…

  • Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief compares eight Medicare-for-All and public plan option bills that have been introduced in the 115th Congress. The brief describes the range of proposals on the table and raises key questions related to how these proposals could affect coverage, out-of-pocket costs, existing coverage, payments to providers, as well as overall costs and financing, and potential tradeoffs.

  • Poll: As Midterms Approach, Health Care Remains Voters’ Top Issue, But President Trump and Other Factors Also Loom Large

    News Release

    Most 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…

  • Compare Medicare-for-all and Public Plan Proposals

    Interactive

    This side-by-side interactive compares 10 bills to expand public health coverage through Medicare-for-All, a public option and other approaches, that have been introduced in the current Congress. The interactive allows users to compare these proposals across a number of dimensions, including eligibility, benefits, cost sharing, provider payments, and more.

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): An Overview, Payment, and Coverage

    Fact Sheet

    More people have health insurance than ever before under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which emphasizes preventive care, including no-cost HIV and STI counseling and screening for recommended populations. This fact sheet examines trends and disparities in STI prevalence, reviews the STI screening and preventive care coverage policies for private insurance and public programs, and discusses coverage gaps and confidentiality concerns in the provision of these services.

  • Mi pareja y yo no estamos casados y tenemos dos hijos. ¿Cómo contamos el tamaño y los ingresos de nuestro hogar cuando solicitamos créditos fiscales en el mercado de seguros? ¿Podemos comprar un plan pa...

    FAQs

    Suponiendo que sea elegible para recibir subsidios para pagar las primas, el monto de su crédito se calculará en función de cómo presente sus impuestos. Si, por ejemplo, declara a su pareja y a sus hijos como dependientes fiscales, se le considerará un hogar de cuatro personas cuando solicite las subvenciones. Otro ejemplo: si usted y su pareja presentan impuestos por separado y cada uno reclama a uno de sus hijos, cada uno de ustedes…

  • Obtuve seguro médico el año pasado a través de un plan del mercado de seguros de salud y también recibí créditos fiscales anticipados para reducir mi prima mensual. ¿Qué sucede si no presento mi declara...

    FAQs

    Para cualquier año en el que haya recibido créditos fiscales anticipados para las primas, debe presentar una declaración de impuestos federales sobre la renta, incluido el Formulario 8962. Si no hace esto durante dos años consecutivos, se llama "falta de conciliación", es posible que no pueda recibir créditos fiscales para pagar las primas en el futuro. Si presenta una declaración de impuestos federales sobre la renta pero no incluye el Formulario 8962 durante dos años…

  • Recibí un Formulario 1095-B por correo. ¿Qué es?

    FAQs

    Las aseguradoras, ciertos planes de salud patrocinados por el empleador y programas de salud pública como Medicaid pueden proporcionarle documentación que indique los meses del año anterior en los que estuvo cubierto por el plan. Los proveedores de cobertura pueden enviarle el Formulario 1095-B directamente, pero en algunos casos, es posible que deba pedirlo a su proveedor. Si usted estaba inscrito en la cobertura familiar, el formulario 1095-B indicará los nombres de todos los miembros…