Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2019

Health insurance was on the collective minds of American voters in the 2018 midterm elections. Health care, broadly defined, drove many people to the polls voting with feet and ballots to protect their access to a health plan covering a pre-existing condition or to protest the cost of expensive prescription drugs.

Health Insurance 93

Health Insurance ACA Governance Medicare 93

Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Women were surveyed on perspectives for health care in America in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospects for the Affordable Care Act and health insurance security, and views on health, well-being, and health care. Women identified the top five personal health issues they face as: Mental health.

COVID-19 105

COVID-19 Health Insurance Prescription Drug Pricing ACA 105

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

It’s a fairly even split between voting first on gun policy, jobs, or healthcare for the 2018 mid-term elections, ac. cording to the May 2018 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. Financial stress is a social determinant of health, and as U.S. The post Guns, Jobs, or Health Care?

Health Insurance 54

Health Insurance Public Health Medical Billing Medicaid 54

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

2018 midterm elections. The Governor expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in the State of Ohio, discussed in this insightful Washington Post article. His approach to expanding Medicaid as a Republican Governor was both compassionate and pragmatic. Think unity, think community, think health.

Medicaid 88

Medicaid Medicaid Nursing Homes Nurses 88

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

Let’s start with an overall context statistic from this poll: that is that 86% of insured U.S. adults like their health insurance plan rating it “excellent” (39%) or “good” (47%). The most favored public plan is Medicare, beloved by 83% of Americans, where Medicaid is favored by 75% of people.

ACA 56

ACA Health Care Reform Health Insurance Medicare 56

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In my 11 years of writing every one of over 2,000 Health Populi posts on this blog, I have never, ever mentioned the “f-word” here. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017.

Medicaid 76

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 76

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2020

” As health insurance for working-age people is tied to employment, COVID-19 led to disproportionate loss of health plan coverage especially among people earning lower incomes, as well as non-white workers, explained in the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Poll: COVID-19, May-June 2020. .” 23% were Hispanic.

Health Insurance 68

Health Insurance COVID-19 ACA Medicaid 68

Health Populi

JULY 25, 2018

President Trump and his administrative have been trying to make the ACA fail, claim most U.S. Thus, the public holds the POTUS and the Republican party responsible for moving the Affordable Care Act forward… or not, according to the July 2018 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

ACA 87

ACA Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance 87

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

2018 midterm elections, healthcare voting seems to have translated as a local issue, falling into O’Neill’s axiom. On this morning after 2018 midterm election results are (mostly) out, it looks like healthcare was a local and state issue for U.S. 2018 midterm voters. 2018 midterm voters. ” In the U.S.

Prescription Drug Pricing 39

Prescription Drug Pricing Medicaid Medicaid Medicare 39

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The big headline in this poll following last night’s third Democratic Presidential debate is that 55% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independent voters prefer a candidate that will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) versus a President that would replace the ACA with a Medicare For All plan (M4A).

ACA 52

ACA Medicare Medicare Medical Billing 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Most Americans like the idea of universal health care as a guaranteed right, Kaiser Family Foundation learned in this month’s Health Tracking Poll. This finding reinforces the voter turnout for the 2018 mid-term elections which was largely driven by peoples’ concerns for losing health access for pre-existing conditions.

ACA 62

ACA Medicare Medicare Health Insurance 62

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

ACA 72

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 72

Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2019

” Buttigieg would call it “Medicare for All Who Want It,” made available on health insurance exchanges. and Canada have some private insurance. Biden, too, told his personal story of family health trauma and financial coverage with health insurance. Even countries like the U.K.

Medicare 70

Medicare Medicare Health Insurance Governance 70