Nearly three-fourths of Louisiana residents approve of the state’s decision to expand Medicaid, a new poll suggests, even as President Donald Trump, who remains widely popular in the state, continues his quest to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act that made expansion possible. CONT. Elizabeth Crisp, The Advocate Read more »
The Art of the Deal on Healthcare: Repeal vs. Repair
Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump achieved nothing more than a nonstarter in their failed first attempt to reform healthcare legislation as promised during the 2016 presidential campaign. … Democrats were never expected to support a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but after being […] Read more »
Uninsured Rate Edges Up Slightly
The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance rose slightly in the first quarter of 2017, to 11.3%. The uninsured rate was 10.9% in each of the last two quarters of 2016, a record low since Gallup and Healthways began tracking insurance coverage in 2008. CONT. Zac Auter, Gallup Read more »
Trump Family Leave, Infrastructure Proposals Widely Popular
Americans are far more likely to agree than disagree with President Donald Trump’s proposals to require companies to provide family leave for parents of a newborn and to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure. A majority also agree with his proposal to significantly cut income taxes for the middle class and […] Read more »
A warning from the polls about letting Obamacare ‘explode’
President Trump has said the Democrats will take the fall politically if and when Obamacare “explodes.” But new polling shows that the public will hold Trump and the GOP accountable for failing to address problems in the marketplaces, not the Democrats. That means they’ll have to think twice about some […] Read more »
Still Searching: How People Use Health Care Price Information
… Public Agenda, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation, set out to explore how Americans are trying to find and use health care price information and how residents of four states—New York, New Hampshire, Florida and Texas—are doing so. CONT. Public Agenda Read more »