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Aug 15, 2024 | 
kff.org | Marley Presiado |Alex Montero |Lunna Lopes |Liz Hamel
The latest KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll finds that about two-thirds of adults say they have used or interacted with artificial intelligence (AI), though a smaller share – about one-third – say they do so at least a few times a week. Most adults (56%) are not confident that they can tell the difference between what is true and what is false when it comes to information from AI chatbots.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Marley Presiado
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
kff.org | Alex Montero |Grace Sparks |Marley Presiado |Liz Hamel
With the rise of social media use and growing concerns about health misinformation that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been increased attention to the role that various social media platforms play in the dissemination of health information, both accurate and inaccurate.
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May 16, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ana Gonzalez-Barrera |Liz Hamel |Samantha Artiga |Marley Presiado
In the U.S., there are about 26 million people who have limited English proficiency (LEP), meaning they speak English less than very well, making up about 8% of people ages five and older. Most U.S. adults with LEP speak Spanish (62%), followed by Chinese (7%), Vietnamese (3%), Arabic (2%), and Tagalog (2%), with the remainder speaking a variety of different languages from regions across the world.
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May 15, 2024 | 
kff.org | Grace Sparks |Alex Montero |Marley Presiado |Ashley Kirzinger
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are now the presumptive nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties, and their respective records as president and their campaign platforms suggest very different visions for the future of U.S. health care.
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May 10, 2024 | 
kff.org | Alex Montero |Grace Sparks |Marley Presiado |Liz Hamel
The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that about one in eight adults (12%) say they have ever taken a GLP-1 agonist – an increasingly popular class of prescription drugs used for weight loss and to treat diabetes or prevent heart attacks or strokes for adults with heart disease – including 6% who say they are currently taking such a drug.
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May 10, 2024 | 
kff.org | Alex Montero |Grace Sparks |Marley Presiado |Liz Hamel
This KFF Health Tracking Poll/Health Misinformation Tracking Poll was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at KFF. The survey was conducted April 23-May 1, 2024, online and by telephone among a nationally representative sample of 1,479 U.S. adults in English (1,396) and in Spanish (83). The sample includes 1,201 adults (n=65 in Spanish) reached through the SSRS Opinion Panel either online (n=1,176) or over the phone (n=25).
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
kff.org | Lunna Lopes |Grace Sparks |Marley Presiado |Jennifer Tolbert
On March 18, 2020, in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law. The FFCRA included a provision requiring state Medicaid programs to keep people enrolled, in exchange for additional federal funding.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
kff.org | Lunna Lopes |Alex Montero |Marley Presiado |Liz Hamel
This issue brief was updated on March 1, 2024 to include the latest KFF polling data. For many years, KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on U.S. families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage and care seeking.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ana Gonzalez-Barrera |Liz Hamel |Samantha Artiga |Marley Presiado
In recent years, there has been increased attention to the ongoing impacts of racism and discrimination in U.S. society. In the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the underlying inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls for recognizing structural racism and bias and taking action to address them.
