Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Repeal-And-Replace Is Still An Extremely Important Priority For Many Republican Voters
Politico: Politico-Harvard Poll: Obamacare Repeal Still Tops GOP Voters' To-Do Lists
Republican leaders want to move past Obamacare repeal, but most GOP voters aren't ready to let them do it. That's a key finding of the latest POLITICO-Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, which finds the Trump administration's messaging on health care is clearly resonating with the party's base. (Diamond, 9/15)
The Washington Post: How Health-Care Reform Affected America, In 51 Graphs
Last year, 8.6 percent of Americans lacked health insurance. Three years earlier, that figure was 14.5 percent, meaning that the rate dropped by 5.9 percentage points over the period that the Affordable Care Act went into effect, a 40 percent decline from the 2013 figure. In real terms, that’s about 19 million fewer people lacking health insurance, per estimates released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. (Bump, 9/14)
KCUR: Young, Low-Income Kansans More Likely To Be Uninsured Than Counterparts In Other States
Low-income Kansans are less likely to have health insurance than their counterparts in other states, according to an analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The uninsured rate among Kansans living below the federal poverty level has been worse than the national rate for many years. But the gap has widened in recent years, mainly because of the state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion, said Robert St. Peter, president and CEO of the nonpartisan Kansas Health Institute. (McLean, 9/14)
