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KFF @kff.org · 10h

⚡ 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

KFF graphic featuring a quote from Ashley Kirzinger, KFF’s Director of Survey Methodology; Associate Director for Public Opinion and Survey Research. It says, “The debate over these enhanced tax credits can be seen as a proxy for the broader public’s concerns about health care affordability which may be why the public is largely in favor of extending these subsidies – even as overall views of the ACA are still very polarized.”

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · 24d

And see the Washington Post's reporting on the poll, including profiles of parents who are making a range of decisions on vaccinating their children

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations

A wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll details who tends to reject vaccine recommendations and their reasoning.

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · 24d

Dig into the data on parents' vaccine attitudes in our KFF report:

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KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents | KFF

The KFF-Washington Post partnership Survey of Parents explores experiences and views pertaining to childhood vaccines. The Survey of Parents also sheds light on school vaccination requirements, views ...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · 24d

NEW KFF/Washington Post survey finds most parents follow vaccine guidance and express confidence in vaccines. But partisan divisions appear to be widening, and younger parents express more doubts than older parents, raising questions about the future of childhood vaccine uptake in the US.

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Sep 4

@audreykearney.bsky.social points out what we know about parents' support for school vaccine mandates as Florida moves to remove them

KFF @kff.org · Sep 4

⚡ As Florida moves to end its mandates, KFF’s Audrey Kearney highlights new KFF-WashingtonPost survey findings that show most parents support requiring children in public schools to be vaccinated against diseases like measles and polio. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/481PRMN

KFF graphic featuring a quote from Audrey Kearney, KFF Senior Survey Analyst, Public Opinion and Survey Research. It says, “The latest poll shows that eight in ten (81%) parents nationally support [vaccine] requirements, with some medical or religious exceptions, and just one in five (18%) say public schools shouldn’t require measles or polio vaccines for any students. This holds true across partisans...”

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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · Sep 4

A Washington Post-KFF poll finds 81% of parents support schools requiring measles and polio vaccines with religious/health exceptions, including 82% of parents in Florida. Survey was conducted July-August among 2,716 U.S. parents of children <18 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr. drives a wedge between red and blue states on vaccines

As states diverge on coronavirus vaccines, parents across party lines still support vaccine mandates for measles and polio, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll.

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Drew Altman @drewaltman.bsky.social · Aug 15

When football "trumps" health? Football has serious long-term health consequences, and in our novel survey of 1988 pro players with ESPN out today, the pain and suffering comes pouring out, even as the players also say they would do it all over again.

KFF/ESPN Survey of 1988 NFL Players | KFF

The Survey of 1988 NFL players, conducted by KFF in partnership with ESPN, looks at the overall health and well-being of former professional football players who played in the 1988 NFL season. While m...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Unique new survey project out from KFF and ESPN today. Follow along with the key findings from @alex-kff.bsky.social

Alex Montero @alex-kff.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

Bar chart from KFF showing percent who say they have experienced specific physical and mental health issues. Results shown among 1988 NFL players and total U.S. men ages 55 to 75.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Senate has just passed what amounts to the biggest health reform plan since the ACA, rolling back many of the health insurance coverage increases achieved by the ACA.

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Shannon Schumacher, PhD @shannonschumacher.bsky.social · Jun 27

In light of today's Supreme Court ruling, re-upping this finding from @kff.org's Survey of Immigrants from March/April. Most immigrants disapprove of the Trump admin's efforts to end birthright citizenship, but Republican immigrants are split: 52% say they approve, 48% say they disapprove.

Bar chart showing immigrants' approval/disapproval of Trump admin's efforts to end birthright citizenship by total immigrants, party ID, and immigration status.

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Jun 18

There's been some talk about health provisions that are IN the GOP budget bill, but less about what is NOT included: extension of enhanced premium tax credits for ACA Marketplace plans. Our new poll finds most people across the political spectrum support extending them.

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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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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · Jun 17

One of the interesting throughlines here is the degree to which (maybe by virtue of how much else is going on), how malleable views of the bill are -- it starts off without much of a base of strong support, but some lesser-known provisions are even more unpopular when people hear about them.

Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · Jun 17

4 polls out today on the GOP budget bill
Post-Ipsos: 23% support/42% oppose/34% no opin
KFF: 35% favorable/64% unfave
Pew: 29% favor/49% oppose/21% not sure
Economist/YouGov: 35%-51% support-oppose
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Jun 17

During the ACA repeal debate in 2017, a focus on what was at stake w/repeal contributed to an increase in the law's popularity. We seem to be seeing a similar pattern with coverage of potential Medicaid and ACA cuts in the BBB. Popularity of both programs is at an all-time high in KFF polling.

KFF @kff.org · Jun 17

As Congress debates major cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, our latest poll finds the two programs’ popularity are at or match all-time highs, with 83% and 66% of the public supporting the programs, respectively.

🔗: on.kff.org/3Zywm9K

Line graph from KFF Health Tracking Poll showing increasing favorable opinions of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from 2010 to 2025. Medicaid favorability rises from 74% in 2017 to 83% in 2025, and ACA favorability increases from 46% in 2010 to 66% in 2025.

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 24

Not from KFF, but an Axios/Ipsos poll from March 2025 found 17% of adults reported getting a COVID booster in the last 3 months, which is about the same share who said the same in Feb 2024. To me this suggests interest in boosters still exists.

Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 8

We also conducted focus groups with immigrants who are undocumented or living with an undocumented family member and found they face a range of concerns about their families' safety, health, and economic situations.

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Living in an Undocumented Immigrant Family Under the Second Trump Administration: Fear, Uncertainty, and Impacts on Health and Well-Being | KFF

To better understand how the shifting policy environment is affecting immigrant families, KFF conducted four focus groups in March 2025 with 29 Hispanic adults who were likely undocumented or living w...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 8

New KFF survey finds increased immigration enforcement is affecting the wellbeing of many who are in the U.S. legally. The share who are worried about detention or deportation increased from 2023, including among naturalized citizens and lawfully present immigrants.

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KFF Survey of Immigrants: Views and Experiences in the Early Days of President Trump's Second Term | KFF

The latest KFF Survey of Immigrants finds that immigrants’ worries about detention or deportation have risen sharply since 2023, even among lawfully present immigrants and naturalized citizens. This p...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 6

When it comes to trust in vaccine information, we find reversal of a trend of declining trust among Republicans that started during COVID. Dems remain more likely than Reps to trust CDC and FDA for information, but trust has inched up among Rs and dropped by double digits among Ds since 2023.

Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 6

First KFF poll on trust in federal health agencies under the new administration finds generally low levels of confidence in CDC & FDA. Just 1/3 have confidence in these agencies to act independently without interference from outside interests.

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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Vaccine Safety and Trust | KFF

As the Trump administration overhauls government health agencies, partisan trust in these agencies on vaccines has shifted and few express confidence in their ability to carry out key tasks. Most adul...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · May 1

New KFF Tracking Poll looks at opinion on cuts to federal health agencies & programs. Partisans mostly disagree, of course, but majorities of both Ds and Rs oppose major cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, mental health, and infectious disease funding, and VA staff cuts

www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Mar 25

New from my colleague @lunnalopes.bsky.social on the challenges facing the new CDC director nominee, should she be confirmed

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The Next CDC Director Will Face Measles, Bird Flu, and a Skeptical Public

… declining trust in the CDC and in the benefits of childhood vaccinations may complicate any efforts to address emerging public health challenges like the ongoing measles outbreak and the continued t...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Mar 13

As the Trump Administration withdraws the nomination of Dr. David Weldon to head the CDC, new KFF poll finds Republican trust in the agency to provide reliable information on bird flu is low (58% say they trust the agency "not much" or "not at all") www.kff.org/health-infor...

KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Bird Flu | KFF

As bird flu continues to spread among animals in the U.S., KFF's Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds that the public is more concerned about its impact on food prices than potential he...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Mar 7

But misperceptions about Medicaid persist. Most people don't know that most working-age people Medicaid recipients have jobs, and most are unaware that Medicaid is the primary payer of nursing home and LTC services.

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Mar 7

New from KFF: Medicaid is popular. Most people have some level of personal connection to the program, and few want to see federal spending on Medicaid reduced, including among Republicans and Trump voters.

www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Mar 4

New KFF poll: The public expects the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID to lead to health and humanitarian crises around the world. And while many say the US spends too much on foreign aid, the share drops dramatically when they're told it's 1% of the budget

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The Public’s Views on Global Health and USAID | KFF

This poll finds most of the public believe the cutbacks at USAID will lead to increases in illness and death in low-income countries. Nearly half say it will reduce the U.S. budget. Most of the public...

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is why when we ask people about their insurance in surveys, we have a system to pipe in the different program names depending on where they live. It's also why when changes to "Medicaid" are debated in Washington, some people may not understand how they'll be affected.

Lauren Rivera @larivera.bsky.social · Feb 27

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

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