With the advent of the Affordable Care Act, the share of Americans convinced that health care is a right shrank from a majority to a minority. This shift in public opinion is a major victory for the Republican Party. It is part of a larger trend: a steady decline in […] Read more »
Uninsured Rate Dips to 11.9% in First Quarter
The uninsured rate among U.S. adults declined to 11.9% for the first quarter of 2015 — down one percentage point from the previous quarter and 5.2 points since the end of 2013, just before the Affordable Care Act went into effect. The uninsured rate is the lowest since Gallup and […] Read more »
Americans Slightly More Positive Toward Affordable Care Act
Americans’ views about the Affordable Care Act are more positive now than they were last fall, although overall attitudes remain more negative than positive. Half of Americans now disapprove of the 2010 law, while 44% approve — the narrowest gap since October 2013. By comparison, last November, just after the […] Read more »
Americans Worry About Job Security, Affording Retirement
A recent nationwide survey shows that a majority of Americans worry about paying for retirement, affording health care, and losing their job. Retirement raises the most concern, as more than 60 percent of Democrats, independents, and Republicans are concerned about having enough money to retire or having Social Security available […] Read more »
Climate Change, Tax Pledge Among Issues to Watch for 2016
Two issue positions show potential to carry unexpected clout in the 2016 presidential election — support for action to address climate change and opposition to a no-tax pledge, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. Openness to political compromise also has the support, and the priority, to carry weight in […] Read more »
Support for the Affordable Care Act Breaks Down Along Racial Lines
Race remains an impenetrable dividing line in attitudes about the Affordable Care Act five years after President Obama signed it into law. With Obama celebrating the law’s fifth anniversary last week—and House and Senate Republicans marking the occasion by voting again to repeal it—polls show that whites remain much more […] Read more »