What Does the Election Mean for Health Reform and Other Health Issues?
How the new health reform law is implemented, and how quickly, depend in part on the results of the November 2 election.
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Kaiser November Tracking Poll Finds Health Care a Factor in Congressional Election, But Not a Dominant One
PerspectiveThis month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted during the four days following the mid-term election, asked voters in an open-ended question to name in their own words the biggest factors influencing their vote for Congress, and found that health care was a factor, but not a dominant one.
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Health Reform and the Tea Party Movement
FeatureWith much media discussion of the role that the Tea Party will play in the upcoming Congressional midterm elections, this data note takes a closer look at Tea Party supporters using the most recent Health Tracking Poll data from September.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — October 2010
FeatureWith the November midterm elections just weeks away, Americans remain chronically divided over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but most say that their feelings – pro and con – about the health reform law are not a dominant factor in how they will vote for Congress or whether they will go to the…
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New Tracking Poll Finds Americans Remain Divided Over Health Law
PerspectiveWith the November midterm elections just weeks away, Americans remain chronically divided over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but most say that their feelings – pro and con -- about the health reform law are not a dominant factor in how they will vote for Congress or whether they will go to the…
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KFF Explores Health Reform and the Tea Party Movement
PerspectiveWith much media discussion of the role that the Tea Party will play in the upcoming congressional midterm elections, the Kaiser Family Foundation took a closer look at Tea Party supporters using its most recent Health Tracking Poll data from September.
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Role of Government Survey
Poll FindingThe Foundation, as part of The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University partnership series, conducted a poll to examine the public's views on the government and its role. The Role of Government Survey is the 20th in a series of surveys dating back to 1995 that have been conducted as part of this partnership project.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — September 2010
FeatureSix months since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and a month and a half before the midterm congressional elections, Kaiser's September Health Tracking Poll finds the public remains divided on the new law. Public confusion over the new health law has risen to its highest point since April.
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Support for Health Reform Dips Back to May Levels in KFF August Tracking Poll
PerspectiveSupport for health reform fell over the past month, dipping from a 50 percent favorability rating in July to 43 percent now, while 45 percent of the public reported unfavorable views.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — August 2010
FeatureThe August Health Tracking Poll finds that support for health reform fell over the course of August, dipping from a 50 percent favorability rating in July to 43 percent, while 45 percent of the public reported unfavorable views.