This comprehensive Kaiser Family Foundation survey (hyperlink to ContentPackagePage) of the experiences of New Orleans residents reveals a still-struggling population that gives very mixed reviews in key areas of the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Most residents feel forgotten by the nation and its leaders yet are still optimistic about their city’s future. Designed and analyzed by Foundation researchers, the survey is the second of at least three that the Foundation will conduct to track residents’ experiences and views as the city rebuilds in the aftermath of the August 2005 storm.

This survey by The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University provides a detailed look at the real life experiences and views of low-wage workers and assesses their financial challenges, including difficulties obtaining and paying for health care, their views about their financial and job situations and their hopes and expectations for the future.

Two new surveys by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examine the pocketbook problems facing people in Ohio and Florida -- two presidential swing states -- including their struggles with gas prices, getting and keeing a well-paying job, and affording health care.

In the latest essay from the series "Pulling It Together, from Drew Altman," the Foundation’s President and CEO explores one factor important for the success of any proposal moving away from employment-based health insurance that has not received much attention to date—the public’s willingness to accept such a big change. These public attitudes are examined in the context of very different proposals to move away from an employment-based insurance system offered by both liberals and conservatives.

This new Kaiser public opinion spotlight looks at current and historical polling data to examine the role health care has played in elections, as well as the potential role that health care might play in the 2008 presidential race. The spotlight compiles and analyzes public opinion data from Kaiser surveys and other sources.

Growing economic worries have led to a sharp rise in the economy as a presidential campaign issue, eclipsing health and Iraq in this March 2008 poll.  At the same time, health care continues to play a role both as an independent issue and as part of the voters’ growing concerns about the economy.

Designed and analyzed jointly by the three partners, this USA Today/Kaiser/Harvard survey provides a comprehensive look at Americans’ views on, and experiences with, prescription drugs and the pharmaceutical industry, including drug costs, advertisements, safety issues, government regulation and medical research.

This survey conducted jointly by NPR and public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health examines how the public views different approaches for expanding health coverage, including provisions that would require individuals to purchase insurance or parents to obtain coverage for their children.

This analysis find that the sharply contrasting health care platforms of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates reflect dramatic differences in the perspectives of their primary voters.  Written by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, the article analyzes a newly released Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February primaries or caucuses, as well as data from 10 other recent surveys by national media polling organizations. It was published in the Jan. 24 New England Journal of Medicine.

This Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 is the fifth in a series on the public's views of health reform and the presidential candidates' positions on health care. It finds that health care ranks second behind Iraq as an issue that the public wants to hear presidential candidates talk about.