With major Supreme Court decisions on health care and same-sex marriage expected this month, many lack trust in the Supreme Court’s handling of those two issues, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Yet most approve of the way the court is handling its job generally. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Support Up for Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Nearly seven in 10 Americans (68%) say doctors should be legally allowed to assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide, up 10 percentage points from last year. More broadly, support for euthanasia has risen nearly 20 points in the last two years, and stands at the highest level in more […] Read more »
ACA: Survey Finds Most in Marketplace Coverage Satisfied with Premiums and Networks, But Affordability Remains Concern
This survey reports on the views and experiences of people purchasing health insurance coverage in the non-group market. Over the past few years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had a significant impact on this group, as new rules took effect that standardized coverage, guaranteed coverage for those with pre-existing […] Read more »
Are More Americans Benefiting From Obamacare Than Realize It?
One reason the Affordable Care Act gets mixed reviews is the persistent and sharp partisan divide in public opinion on the law. But a less appreciated reason for this is simply that many more people benefit from the ACA than may realize it. CONT. Drew Altman (Kaiser Family Foundation), Wall […] Read more »
The Problem of Underinsurance and How Rising Deductibles Will Make It Worse
New estimates from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2014, indicate that 23 percent of 19-to-64-year-old adults who were insured all year—or 31 million people—had such high out-of-pocket costs or deductibles relative to their incomes that they were underinsured. These estimates are statistically unchanged from 2010 and 2012, but […] Read more »
Many Americans know someone who has abused prescription painkillers and suffered major harmful effects
A new national poll by The Boston Globe and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that in an era when concern about drug abuse has been very high, more U.S. adults are concerned about prescription painkiller abuse than about heroin. CONT. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read more »