For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was. Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House. […] Read more »
Americans’ Confidence in Their Ability to Pay for Health Care Is Falling
President Trump is expected to soon address the nation about the rising cost of prescription drugs. But Americans are worried about more than drug prices. New findings from the Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey show that consumers’ confidence in their ability to afford all their needed health care […] Read more »
Uninsured Rate Rises in 17 States in 2017
The uninsured rate rose by statistically significant margins in 17 states in 2017, the first time since the full implementation of the major mechanisms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014 that any state had a rate increase. Also, for the first time since 2013, no states had a […] Read more »
First Look at Health Insurance Coverage in 2018 Finds ACA Gains Beginning to Reverse
The marked gains in health insurance coverage made since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 are beginning to reverse, according to new findings from the latest Commonwealth Fund ACA Tracking Survey. The coverage declines are likely the result of two major factors: 1) lack of federal […] Read more »
The Democratic Push for a ‘Public Option on Steroids’
After beating back the repeated Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats, for the first time in years, are taking the offense on health care. While the flashiest proposal—for an entirely government-run system—remains a distant aspiration, Democrats are again looking for new ways to expand Washington’s role in […] Read more »
Health Care and the 2018 Midterms; Attitudes Towards Proposed Changes to Medicaid
Medicaid continues to be seen favorably by a majority of the public (74 percent) and about half (52 percent) believe the Medicaid program is working well for most low-income people covered by the program. … The February Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a slight increase in the share of the […] Read more »