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June 18, 2019 Poll Finding

KFF Health Tracking Poll – June 2019: Health Care in the Democratic Primary and Medicare-for-all

In anticipation of upcoming Democratic presidential debates, this poll finds that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say that health care is a top issue they want to hear candidates talk about. When asked to say in their own words what health care issue they specifically want to hear about, affordability emerges as one of the top issues. The poll also probes the public about different possible implications of implementing a Medicare-for-all plan and finds that most Americans don’t realize how dramatically such a proposal would revamp the current health care system.

June 18, 2019 News Release

Poll: Most Americans Don’t Realize How Dramatically the Medicare-for-all Proposals Would Revamp the Nation’s Health Care System

As Congress and the Democratic presidential candidates continue to discuss Medicare-for-all and other proposals to expand public health coverage, most Americans know little about how the leading Medicare-for-all proposals would reshape the way all Americans get and pay for health care. This month’s KFF Health Tracking Poll probes the public’s…

June 12, 2019 Issue Brief

Strategies for Improving Health Coverage and Reducing Costs: Major Proposals and Key Considerations

KFF’s Tricia Neuman’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on June 12, 2019 describes a range of proposals to broaden health insurance coverage and make health care more affordable, the similarities and differences among them, and the policy choices and trade-offs that could have significant implications for coverage and costs.

June 11, 2019 News Release

Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States

This Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at barriers to care experienced by women in the United States. Women incur greater health care costs than men, particularly during the reproductive years. Despite a lower uninsured rate than men (11% vs 14%), women are more likely to skip a recommended medical test…

June 11, 2019 Infographic

Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States

This Visualizing Health Policy infographic, produced in partnership with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), looks at barriers to care experienced by women in the United States.

June 3, 2019 Perspective

Voters Are Tuning Out the Health Care Debates

In this Axios column, Drew Altman reports on new KFF focus groups with voters. They show voters are focused on the problems they have paying for care and navigating the health system, but have yet to tune in on the health proposals being made by candidates and elected officials, and don’t see them as relevant to their problems.

May 22, 2019 Perspective

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KFF Health Tracking Poll – June 2019: Health Care in the Democratic Primary and Medicare-for-all

Poll: Most Americans Don’t Realize How Dramatically the Medicare-for-all Proposals Would Revamp the Nation’s Health Care System

Strategies for Improving Health Coverage and Reducing Costs: Major Proposals and Key Considerations

Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States

Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States

Voters Are Tuning Out the Health Care Debates

JAMA Forum: Medicare-For-All or Medicare-For-More?

Web Briefing: Making Sense of Medicare-For-All and Other Plans to Expand Public Coverage

The Silent Affordability Crisis Facing Sick People

Public Opinion on Women’s Health and Preventive Care