In the first quarter of 2016, the uninsured rate among all U.S. adults was 11.0%, down from 11.9% in the fourth quarter of 2015. This marks a record low since Gallup and Healthways began tracking the uninsured rate in 2008. The uninsured rate has declined 6.1 percentage points since the […] Read more »
How Health Care Factors Into the Presidential Campaign
Health care has faded into the background of the election campaign as Donald Trump himself has become the issue on the Republican side and the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over health care has shifted to other topics. Health wasn’t even listed among the “most important issues” Republican […] Read more »
Many U.S. families considering pregnancy don’t know Zika facts
Many people in U.S. households where someone is pregnant or considering getting pregnant in the next 12 months are not aware of key facts about Zika virus, according to a new poll by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers. CONT. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read more »
American Attitudes toward Substance Use in the United States
More Americans now die every year from drug overdoses than they do in motor vehicle accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rise of heroin-related deaths has been particularly sharp. In a recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, few […] Read more »
Cancer research ‘moonshot’ wins enthusiastic support in STAT-Harvard poll
The American public has enormous confidence in the progress being made against cancer — perhaps more than warranted by actual treatment gains — and their faith is translating into overwhelming support for the Obama administration’s proposal to increase cancer research spending, a new STAT-Harvard poll finds. CONT. David Nather, STAT Read more »
Is There a Health Care Vote? More for Democrats and Women than Other Groups
Health care is one of many issues that will be important for voters in the presidential election, particularly for Democrats and women, finds the March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. More than a third (36%) of voters consider health care “extremely important” to their vote in this year’s presidential election, ranking […] Read more »