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Despite Budget Concerns, Most Say Congress Should Extend Expiring Enhanced ACA Tax Credits

This poll finds that more than three-quarters of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits available to people with low and moderate incomes to make the health coverage purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace more affordable. This includes more than half of Republicans and "Make America Great Again" supporters. Most Marketplace enrollees are unaware that what they pay in premiums could more than double in 2026 if the credits expire.  Read the News Release →

Health Information and Trust

Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall; Many Parents Confused About Recommendations for Children

As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About 1 in 5 adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe.

Health Information and Advice on Social Media

KFF’s Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds that just over half of adults use social media for health information and advice at least occasionally but fewer than half say they find “most” or “some” of the information they see on each platform trustworthy.

Americans Are Encountering False Claims about Measles

This poll looks at awareness and concern over the outbreak of measles in the U.S. and finds that a growing share of adults is encountering false claims about the measles vaccines, but many are uncertain whether these claims are true or false. Parents who lean toward believing the false claims are less likely to say they keep their children up to date on routine vaccinations.

Health Information and Trust

Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall; Many Parents Confused About Recommendations for Children

As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About 1 in 5 adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe.

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KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents (Early Release Findings)

Health Information and Advice on Social Media

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New Tax and Budget Law Remains Largely Unpopular; Nearly Half Say It Will Hurt Their Families

This looks at awareness and perceived impact of the tax and budget law signed by Trump in July 2025. Nearly half of the public says that they expect the new law to generally hurt them and their families, about twice the share who say it will generally help. The law itself remains largely unpopular, with many more people holding unfavorable views than favorable ones.

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Most of Public Favor Extending ACA’s Enhanced Tax Credits

Public Finds Prior Authorization Process Difficult to Manage

Public’s View on Major Cuts to Federal Health Agencies

Interactive: The Public’s Views on the Affordable Care Act

Immigrants

A Majority of Lawfully Present Immigrants Are Worried They or a Family Member Could Be Detained or Deported

This poll finds six in 10 lawfully present immigrants say they worry about the possibility that they or a family member could be detained or deported, contributing to feelings of increased stress, anxiety, and other health problems. A companion report based on focus groups provides a window into how likely undocumented immigrants and their families are faring in the current immigration policy landscape.

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  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — October 2010

    Feature

    With 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…

  • New Tracking Poll Finds Americans Remain Divided Over Health Law

    Perspective

    With 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…

  • KFF Explores Health Reform and the Tea Party Movement

    Perspective

    With 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.

  • Role of Government Survey

    Poll Finding

    The 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.

  • How Popular is the Idea of Repealing Health Reform?

    Poll Finding

    With a number of this fall’s candidates for public office advocating an overturn of the new health reform law, this Data Note takes a closer look at the variety of polls that have attempted to measure the public’s support for repeal. Data Note (.

  • Pulling it Together: A Primer on Health in the Election

    Perspective

    There is a lot of talk in polling and political circles and some speculation in the media about the role of health reform in the midterm elections. We regularly measure what the public thinks about health reform and you see reports from our monthly tracking polls about that.

  • KFF September Tracking Poll Looks at Health Reform and the Elections

    Perspective

    The tug of war for public opinion on health reform continues this month, with approval and disapproval remaining in the same relatively narrow band each has occupied since passage even as favorable views regain a small upper hand, 49 percent favorable vs. 40 percent unfavorable.

  • Americans Remain Wary of “Foreign Aid” But Are More Supportive of Spending to Improve Health Abroad

    News Release

    Latest Survey Probes Public’s Knowledge and Views of U.S. Role in Global Health MENLO PARK, Calif. – While many Americans hold misconceptions and negative views of “foreign aid” in general, they are more supportive of such efforts when described more specifically as “improving health in developing countries,” according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

  • Pulling it Together: Health Reform’s Six-Month Checkup

    Perspective

    Six months after its enactment, there are two totally different stories to tell about the health-reform law. The public remains split on the law largely along traditional partisan lines. Confusion and misperception are rampant, with more than a third of seniors still thinking the law contains "death panels" (it does not).