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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Use and Trust in Health Care Apps and Websites

As the Trump administration announces a new partnership with private companies and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand access to digital health tools like apps, this KFF Health Tracking poll finds that most adults have used these tools to manage their care. However, even amid widespread use of health care-related apps, majorities of adults are concerned about the privacy of their information, regardless of whether an app is managed by the government, a private technology company, or a health insurance company.

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Polling Insights on the Make America Healthy Again Movement

These findings shed light on parents who support the Make America Healthy Again movement, including the issues they see as top concerns for their children’s wellbeing and their attitudes toward vaccines and government regulations on food.

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  • Why Public Interest Is Cooling in Obamacare as a Political Story 

    News Release

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman reviews indicators pointing to the Affordable Care Act cooling as a front-page issue, while hot debate continues about it among partisans and experts. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online.

  • HIV/AIDS In The Lives Of Gay And Bisexual Men In The United States

    Report

    More than thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and at a time when infections among gay and bisexual men are on the rise in the U.S., a new national survey of gay and bisexual men by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that though HIV/AIDS is named as the number one health issue facing their population, a majority are not personally concerned about becoming infected, and relatively few report having been tested recently. Only about a quarter know about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and fewer than half are aware that the current guidelines for people with HIV are to start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment as soon as they are diagnosed.

  • Voters In Competitive Senate States Report Seeing More ACA Ads, Especially Ads Opposed To The Law

    Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August-September 2014

    Feature

    The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll includes a special look at registered voters’ views and what role, if any, the the Affordable Care Act might be playing in the upcoming midterm election. Partisan divisions on the law are as deep as ever, not only when it comes to overall opinion but also in the public’s perception of how the law has impacted their own families and the next steps they want Congress to take.

  • Health Policy News Index, August-September 2014: Ferguson And International Conflicts Capture Public’s Attention

    Kaiser Health Policy News Index: August-September 2014

    Feature

    The latest Kaiser Health Policy News Index finds that attention to health policy stories in August took a back seat to breaking national news such as the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, international events in the West Bank, Syria and Ukraine and a global health story, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The only U.S. health policy news story that garnered a significant amount of public attention this month was the passage of a bill in Congress to overhaul the Veterans Affairs health system.