In a summer that saw many insurers drop out of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, Americans’ support for the healthcare law continues to be slightly more negative than positive. Now, 44% of Americans support the law, also known as Obamacare, and 51% disapprove of it — similar to […] Read more »
Voters Give Clinton Wide Edge Over Trump on Trust to Handle Health Care Issues
With the 2016 elections just 10 weeks away, voters give Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton a substantial advantage over Republican nominee Donald Trump on a wide array of health care issues, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds. … In spite of Clinton’s edge with voters on these issues, most […] Read more »
Americans’ Health Assessments Worsen During Obama Years
Americans’ self-assessments of overall health have slipped since 2008. Currently, 19.0% of U.S. adults report that their health is “excellent,” compared with 22.6% in 2008, before President Barack Obama took office. CONT. Dan Witters & Diana Liu, Gallup Read more »
Uninsured Down Since Obamacare; Cost, Quality Still Concerns
During his presidential campaign and first term in office, President Barack Obama made healthcare reform the foundation of his domestic agenda. Now, six years after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and a few months before Obama leaves office, Gallup and Healthways are reviewing how his signature legislative […] Read more »
Most in Florida Favor Use of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Zika
Most Floridians favor the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight the spread of Zika virus and are significantly more likely to approve of it than people who live outside Florida, the latest Annenberg Science Knowledge (ASK) survey has found. CONT. Annenberg Public Policy Center Read more »
More Floridians Concerned and Taking Precautions Against Zika Than Others in U.S.
As the number of locally transmitted Zika cases in Florida grows, people in Florida see themselves at greater risk of being infected with Zika than do others nationally. And a greater proportion of Florida residents, as compared with people living outside Florida, say that they have taken steps to protect […] Read more »