My @kff.org colleagues and I have been working on this for a while... the latest on the role that we think health care may be playing in voters' plans for 2026 www.kff.org/public-opini...

A Preview of the Role Health Care May Play in the 2026 Election | KFF

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, this KFF issue brief examines the role health care has played in previous elections and what that may suggest about its potential role in 2026.

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Returning ACA Marketplace Enrollees are facing higher costs and weighing tough decisions around health care and other household expenses in order to afford coverage. More at www.kff.org/public-opini...

One of the great things about my job at @kff.org is coming up with innovative survey designs. In a rare instance of longitudinal survey data, we went back to our 2025 ACA Marketplace Enrollees to see how they fared during open enrollment. www.kff.org/public-opini...

Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees | KFF

This KFF survey is a follow-up survey of adults who had ACA Marketplace insurance in 2025. The survey examines the cost concerns and coverage changes that these 2025 Marketplace enrollees are experien...

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Ashley Kirzinger@ashleykirzinger.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees www.kff.org/public-opini...

We put together a great new resource of all of our polling on health information and public trust. We will be updating it OFTEN and it can be your go-to source for our latest polling on these topics. Bookmark it!

KFF@kff.org · 7mo ago

KFF’s new interactive polling dashboard draws on more than a dozen surveys to show trends in trust in health information, attitudes toward vaccines, and use of news, social media, and AI for health-related information. Explore the dashboard: https://on.kff.org/HITdashboard

Health care is typically a second tier voting issue but a trend in our recent KFF polls make me think that the cost of health care may be playing a big role in the 2026 midterms. Polls may not capture this because they limit voters to pick either "economy" or "health care" as top voting issue.

⚡ KFF’s Alex Montero explains that Secretary Kennedy’s efforts to narrow the childhood vaccine schedule doesn’t reflect the views of most parents, but KFF polling suggests it may have more appeal among President Trump’s base. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/49qOSVN

Whatever one thinks about changes to the pediatric vaccine schedule, it will play out as a natural experiment on the nation’s kids. HHS says the changes will reduce distrust and increase vax rates. But they could do the opposite. We may not know until disease data are out.

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is going to kill our children. Simple as that. apnews.com/article/chil...

Bloomberg reported this week the FDA is delaying its mifepristone safety review until after the midterm elections. Last month, @kff.org polled on the public's awareness of the drug, its safety, and perception of the planned review: www.kff.org/public-opini...

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion | KFF

This KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that many, including women of reproductive age, remain unfamiliar with key facts about mifepristone. Fewer than half of all adults say they believe abortion pills a...

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Latest polling from @kff.org finds more than half of adults say it is now harder to earn a living than a year ago, including about seven in ten younger adults www.kff.org/public-opini...

A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees www.kff.org/public-opini...

2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey | KFF

This survey explores how ACA Marketplace enrollees expect to respond if their premium payments doubled as expected in 2026 when enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. About a third would very...

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No idea how/when shutdown ends but newest @kff.org shows that Democrats still have advantage on health care issue for voters. www.kff.org/public-opini...

⚡ KFF’s @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social explores what Tuesday’s elections tell us about the importance of addressing health care costs in both policy debates and electoral choices. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/47I4ymu

Featuring my wonderful colleagues @lizhamel.bsky.social and @alex-kff.bsky.social

Sarah Gollust@sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy birthday @jhppl.bsky.social! 🎉Our special issue celebrating 50 years of JHPPL and the past and future of health politics and policy just dropped. Start with our opening essay w/ @oberlanderunc.bsky.social and follow along for more. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

⚡ KFF’s @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social breaks down KFF polling showing broad public support for extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credits — and what’s likely driving that rare agreement across party lines. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/4n3Gjox

I have been working on a talk (for upcoming MAPOR conference) about the complexity of measuring "health care" as voting issue. Seems like @natecohn.bsky.social and I are both thinking about this. Yes, health care as a standalone issue is no longer top of mind for voters.

There are real consequences if Congress doesn't extend these premium tax credits for ACA marketplace plans. Four in ten of people with current marketplace coverage say they would have to forego insurance coverage in 2026 www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Support for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits remains very high, even among Republicans and MAGA supporters.

There has been a lot of debate around the Dem lawmakers' strategy of highlighting the end of the tax credits as part of budget talks. It does appear that awareness is increasing - 39% say they’ve heard “a lot” or “some” – up from 27% in June 2025. But still low, especially among ACA peeps

I think this is the most telling finding. The former players attribute a lot of positivity to their NFL careers, but say it had a negative impact on their health...And they would do it all over again if given the chance.

Alex Montero@alex-kff.bsky.social · last yr.

These former NFL players - who are now in their mid-50s to mid-70s - say the game had a negative impact on their physical health but a positive impact on their life in general. Beyond that, the survey finds that nine in ten say if they could go back, they’d do it all again.

At KFF we get to do some really interesting work with media partners. For the first time, we partnered with ESPN on a survey of former NFL players. Check out the amazing ESPN coverage as well as the KFF report!

Alex Montero@alex-kff.bsky.social · last yr.

KFF and ESPN just jointly released an in-depth polling and reporting project looking at health and financial challenges facing former NFL players, who are much more likely to report a wide array of health issues compared to men their age. kff.org/kff-espn-survey-of-nfl-players

You may not be looking on social media for health information and advice...but you have probably seen it!

Shannon Schumacher, PhD@shannonschumacher.bsky.social · last yr.

Majorities of the public report seeing info about weight loss, diet, or nutrition and mental health, but fewer see content on vaccines, abortion, or birth control. Large shares of adults who never explicitly seek out health info + advice on social media nonetheless say they’ve seen this content.

Yesterday's HHS mRNA announcement will likely just add to the ongoing confusion and partisan divide on mRNA technology www.kff.org/quick-take/h...

Sorry it took us a while but... we finally have those numbers for you. Four in ten adults say they plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine this fall increasing to more than half of older adults and seven in ten Democrats. www.kff.org/health-infor...

KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: COVID-19 Vaccine Update | KFF

As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recomme...

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Kevin Collins@kwcollins.bsky.social · last yr.

Survey evidence needed @kff.org @lizhamel.bsky.social @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social

One of the great parts of my job is digging into the data after our initial release. This time I found that we could look at the attitudes of people with Medicaid who are currently working. My key takeaway is that they value work and also really rely on their Medicaid coverage.

KFF@kff.org · last yr.

⚡ KFF’s @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social highlights our polling that looks at Medicaid enrollees who are currently employed and what they think of potential work requirements included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” #QuickTake on.kff.org/44lOZAt

Most Americans (including MAGA/Republicans and people who don't use the Marketplaces) support the idea of Congress extending the Marketplace subsidy enhancements that are set to expire at the end of this year. www.kff.org/affordable-c... But Congress hasn't done anything to address this.

KFF Health Tracking Poll: ACA Enhanced Subsidies | KFF

KFF's Health Tracking Poll looks at public awareness and support for ACA Marketplace subsidies and finds that most adults are unaware the subsidies are set to expire soon. Three in four say Congress s...

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NEW: We’ve updated our 2025 budget reconciliation tracker to include health provisions included in the proposed Senate bill. The Senate version’s Medicaid and ACA provisions differ significantly from those in the House-passed bill. Compare the details:

Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill | KFF

KFF is tracking the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill, including new Medicaid work and verification requirements and a reduction in the expansion match rate for states that use their...

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New data that shows how majorities of Rs, Ds, and Inds on Medicaid are worried about the government cutting back spending on Medicaid www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public's Views of Funding Reductions to Medicaid | KFF

As Congress works to pass the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll examines the views of groups that could be m...

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Audrey Kearney@audreykearney.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW poll from @kff.org shows that most of the public are worried about the impacts of federal funding cuts to Medicaid on their families and communities, including 54% who are worried that these cuts would impact their family's ability to get/pay for care. More here: www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

Brand new polling from @kff.org finds that in addition to measles spreading...so is misinformation about both the virus and the vaccine

Alex Montero@alex-kff.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new KFF tracking poll on health information and trust finds that most Americans have heard false claims about measles and the measles (MMR) vaccines, and at least half of the public are uncertain if these myths are true are not. www.kff.org/health-infor...

Are you a student who is interested in public opinion research and looking for a way to connect with professionals? Are you located (either physically or mentally) on the west coast? PAPOR is looking for a new student representative! Reach out if you are interested. www.papor.org/executive-co...

Stopping all foreign aid spending is not a popular position among the U.S. public. Many, including half of Republicans, want to see the U.S. scale back rather than end all spending.