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May Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Four in Ten Say Children and Young Adults Will Be Better Off
While supporters and opponents of the Affordable Care Act wait for the Supreme Court to announce their decision, support for the law dipped slightly in May, with unfavorable views now outnumbering favorable ones (44 percent versus 37 percent). As in previous months, the public remains divided on whether the law…
Policy Insights Read PostJAMA Forum: The Future of Private Insurance
“The Future of Private Insurance,” Larry Levitt’s May 2012 post for the JAMA Forum, is now online.
Column Read PostPulling it Together: What We Know about Making the Case to the Public for Global Health
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who is a member of our Board, recently published a column making the case very effectively for continued investments in global health. Today we released our latest national survey on attitudes towards global health, which uncovered important nuances about the argument for foreign aid…
Policy Insights Read PostPublic Opinion on Gender Rating
With the Republican presidential primaries wrapping up, a barrage of new television commercials, radio ads, and fundraising emails has marked the start of the general election campaign. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to be a mainstay election topic for candidates from both major parties. While Republicans focus on advocating…
Policy Insights Read PostApril Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Core Views on ACA Remain Stable After Oral Arguments
The increased public attention to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) generated by the Supreme Court’s consideration of the law did not meaningfully change the public’s opinion of the law overall or of the specific provision at the heart of the legal case against it, the individual mandate. Forty-two percent say…
Policy Insights Read PostPulling It Together: The Falloff in Utilization: “There’s Something Happening, Here, What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear”
For as long as I have been in the field, we have seen cycles in health care costs. Per capita health spending would rise, then moderate, then rise gain. My colleague Larry Levitt and I documented this in The Sad History of Health Care Costs and my friend Dr. Jim Mongan…
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