President Biden touched on a number of health policy issues in his State of the Union speech Thursday night. Check out these KFF resources for information on five topics:
Abortion. Our latest poll examines the public’s views of allowing abortion in cases of pregnancy-related emergencies, a national 16-week ban, and other proposals, while our abortion dashboard provides key data and information about abortion access around the country.
President Joe Biden used his roughly 68-minute address to Congress to counter lackluster public approval ratings and draw clear contrasts between his administration’s policies and those of Donald Trump and some congressional Republicans. Abortion and health care were in the spotlight.
KFF's latest poll finds that this year’s abortion voters largely favor legal abortion, a shift from before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, when they largely opposed abortion. Large majorities across political parties also favor legalized abortion in pregnancy-related emergencies.
The cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is the worst on the health care industry in U.S. history, hospitals say. Providers struggling to get paid for care say the response by the insurer and the Biden administration has been inadequate.
Last week, 37% correctly answered that 48% of immigrants say they do not have enough information to understand how U.S. immigration policies impact them and their families.
What percentage of the public supports laws protecting access to abortion for patients who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies?
