In the second quarter of 2016, the uninsured rate among all U.S. adults remains at the trend low of 11.0% reached in the first quarter of this year. … The rate has declined 6.1 percentage points since the fourth quarter of 2013, right before the key provision of the Affordable […] Read more »
Half of Americans Say Threats From Infectious Diseases Are Growing
The Zika virus has become a concern to many Americans, and its emergence fits into a broader pattern of public concern that the number of infectious disease threats to people’s health has grown in the past generation. CONT. Pew Read more »
Broad Support for Zika Funding, But Less Urgency or Concern
Americans overwhelmingly support plans to spend nearly $2 billion to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, but don’t feel the issue is urgent. One in three is worried about contracting the virus, one in four is taking steps to avoid exposure –- and most are confident that the federal […] Read more »
Rising Health Insurance Premiums and the Impact of Health Care Costs
… Over the past month, one of the major health policy stories involves reports that health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be increasing in 2017. This month’s tracking survey examines overall perceptions of the 2010 health care law and the impact that the rising costs may […] Read more »
One weird difference between Brexit’s supporters and Donald Trump
Prominent members of the campaign to remove the United Kingdom from the European Union are backing away from major promises now that they have won the vote. … Yet while Americans might be used to politicians backing away from promises, they might be surprised by the fact that Brexiters had […] Read more »
Euthanasia Still Acceptable to Solid Majority
A large majority of Americans continue to say euthanasia should be legal, a reversal from the 1940s and 1950s when most thought the practice should be illegal. Sixty-nine percent say that a doctor should be allowed to end a patient’s life by painless means if the patient requests it, up […] Read more »