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Jan 17, 2025 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Julian Montalvo III |Audrey Kearney |Grace Sparks
Both Medicare and Medicaid continue to be viewed favorably by large majorities of the public, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents. While lawmakers are discussing changes to Medicaid and Medicare including possible spending cuts, about half of the public think the federal government isn’t spending enough on each of these programs. Half (51%) say the federal government spends “not enough” on Medicare, and nearly half (46%) say the same about the Medicaid program.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Liz Hamel |Grace Sparks |Isabelle Valdes
The outcome of the 2024 presidential election is settled with Republicans regaining control of the U.S. house and controlling the U.S. Senate, with President-elect Donald Trump set to begin a second term in January 2025. With most votes counted and races called, this analysis takes a deeper dive into the role that health care issues played in the 2024 race. In the first presidential election since the overturning of Roe v.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
kff.org | Grace Sparks |Ashley Kirzinger |Isabelle Valdes |Julian Montalvo III
The Biden administration recently announced a projected reduction of out-of-pocket costs for seniors as part of the Medicare drug negotiations, yet large majorities of voters have not heard about these savings, with almost half (45%) who say they have heard “nothing at all,” while a quarter have heard “a lot” or “some.” Larger shares of older voters, those ages 65 and older, say they’ve heard “a lot” or “some” about these savings, with a third (32%) who say so, compared to two in ten (22%) of...
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Akash Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Robin Rudowitz
This report, based on analysis of KFF’s 2023 Racism, Discrimination, and Health Survey, focuses on the experiences of people who have been previously incarcerated and examines their social and economic circumstances as well as their physical and mental health and access to health care. The findings aim to fill in a gap in publicly available data on the experiences of people who were previously incarcerated.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Isabelle Valdes |Liz Hamel
Long before President Biden announced his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris has been the administration’s voice on abortion rights. As part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour earlier this spring, V.P. Harris was the first sitting U.S. vice president1 to visit an abortion provider and she has consistently criticized Republican efforts to limit access to reproductive health care.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Audrey Kearney |Isabelle Valdes
Ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, the party has softened its language around access to abortion in a draft version of the party platform, mirroring the stance of the former president and Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Many major media outlets report that this platform change is likely a move to reduce vulnerability on the issue of abortion in the run up to the election.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
kff.org | Audrey Kearney |Isabelle Valdes |Ashley Kirzinger |Liz Hamel
For decades, Black women have consistently been a reliable voting base for the Democratic Party, and in recent elections Democrats have garnered support from large majorities of Black women.1 However, the KFF Survey of Women Voters shows that many Black women do not feel either political party is looking out for their interests, and express dissatisfaction with their candidate options.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Audrey Kearney |Isabelle Valdes |Liz Hamel
Suburban women have long been a coveted voting bloc for both Democratic and Republican candidates. Decades ago, this group was largely described as white suburban mothers, but the demographics of suburban women voters are changing and now the group is more akin to a microcosm of the U.S. as they shift younger, and more racially and ethnically diverse – which had led to a strong Democratic advantage in the past two presidential elections.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
opiniontoday.substack.com | Thomas Silver |Robin Rudowitz |Ashley Kirzinger |Eli Yokley
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Public Opinion on the Future of MedicaidGrace Sparks, Robin Rudowitz & Ashley Kirzinger, KFF Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Tracking the 2024 U.S. Presidential ElectionCameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Battleground States Poll: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, MichiganFlorida Atlantic University Political...
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
kff.org | Grace Sparks |Robin Rudowitz |Ashley Kirzinger
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health care and long-term services and supports to about 80 million low-income people in the United States. Medicaid accounts for one-sixth of health care spending (and half of spending for long-term services and support) and a large share of state budgets. Medicaid is jointly financed by states and the federal government but administered by states within broad federal rules.
