The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions continue to weigh heavily on the minds of Americans, especially in light of the ongoing legal battle on the future of the ACA. The majority of the public say they do not want to see the Supreme Court […] Read more »
Americans don’t see the benefits of the Republican tax law in their own returns
… When Navigator conducted its survey over the first week of April, most (71%) of respondents had done their taxes, ahead of the April 15th deadline – marking the first tax filing season after the full implementation of the 2017 Republican tax law. Progressives have consistently argued the law was […] Read more »
Unlike Mueller, health care will likely be a top issue in 2020
The biggest 2020 news this week is not the end of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. It’s that President Donald Trump’s administration has asserted for the first time that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down. Health care has consistently been listed by voters as a top […] Read more »
Public Opinion on the Domestic HIV Epidemic, Affordable Care Act, and Medicare-for-all
Kaiser Family Foundation has been tracking the public’s attitudes towards the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic for more than two decades and this month’s survey explores the public’s attitudes towards and experiences with HIV/AIDS in the U.S., in light of President Trump’s announcement of his plan to eliminate the HIV epidemic in […] Read more »
President Trump Still Wants to Repeal Obamacare
The health-care proposal likely to loom largest over the 2020 presidential election was released last week—and it didn’t come from a Democrat. In the 2020 federal budget that President Donald Trump unveiled, he renewed his commitment to repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with a block-grant system that […] Read more »
Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts
When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country in decline economically, politically and on the world stage. While a narrow majority of the public (56%) say they are at least somewhat optimistic about America’s future, hope gives way to doubt when the focus turns to specific […] Read more »