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In this February 2020 post for The JAMA Health Forum, Mollyann Brodie and Ashley Kirzinger examine the role health care has played in the primary election to date, what the polling data says about the issue, including Medicare-for-all and a public option, and what to expect from the issue during the rest of the 2020 election campaign.
This quick primer explains where the 7 Democratic candidates for president participating in the Feb. 25 debate in South Carolina stand on health reform.
In this Axios column, Drew Altman analyzes KFF’s tracking poll and shows that the ACA is now yesterday’s issue for Republicans. They have shifted their sights to Medicare-for-all...at least for this election season.
This month's KFF Health Tracking poll explores the role of health care in the 2020 election, and public opinion on the Affordable Care Act.
ACA is more popular than ever as Republican voters instead target Medicare-for-all; swing voters prefer a public option to Medicare-for-all.
In this Axios column, Drew Altman analyzes data from the New Hampshire exit poll showing that support for Medicare-for-all played a role in the primary while broader support for a more moderate plan may be a signal about the general election.
Health care ranks among the top issues for voters in the Democratic primaries. This slideshow examines the role of health care as an issue in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary and is based on KFF analysis of AP VoteCast, a survey of New Hampshire primary voters conducted for the Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.
Electing a presidential candidate who can defeat President Trump mattered more to health care voters in New Hampshire than policy ideas.
Test your knowledge about health facts, policy issues and proposals that are emerging among the 2020 presidential candidates. The 10 questions focus on health issues in the 2020 election, including: health care costs, prescription drug prices, the Affordable Care Act and changes in health insurance coverage, reproductive health, and Medicare-for-all and public option proposals.
This month's KFF Health Tracking poll examines public opinion and knowledge of Medicare-for-all and a public option, President Trump's approval on health care programs and issues, the public's priorities for Congress, and public opinion on the Affordable Care Act and the Texas v. U.S. court case.
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