{"id":12482,"date":"2019-01-23T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12482"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T15:50:14","slug":"kff-health-tracking-poll-january-2019-the-public-on-next-steps-for-the-aca-and-proposals-to-expand-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12482","title":{"rendered":"KFF Health Tracking Poll \u2013 January 2019: The Public On Next Steps For The ACA And Proposals To Expand Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ashley Kirzinger, Cailey Munana, and Mollyann Brodie for Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)<\/p>\n<p>Half of the public disapproves of the recent decision in Texas v. United States, in which a federal judge ruled that the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional and should not be in effect. While the judge\u2019s ruling is broader than eliminating the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions, this particular issue continues to resonate with the public. Continuing the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions ranks among the public\u2019s top health care priorities for the new Congress, along with lowering prescription drug costs.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/poll-finding\/kff-health-tracking-poll-january-2019\/?utm_campaign=KFF-2019-January-Poll-Public-Coverage-Medicare-For-All&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=69207787&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--V5Ikp8NiVjpQDuvFaskKpftLKzE2fIQP3YfwLO-YmjinsoOHND-5g8eCB9FiypuwHwhANU3eIcOjgVIznOJl-ozw8-A&amp;_hsmi=69207787\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kaiser-Family-Foundation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7499\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kaiser-Family-Foundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ashley Kirzinger, Cailey Munana, and Mollyann Brodie for Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) Half of the public disapproves of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-m4a-and-public-option-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12483,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482\/revisions\/12483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}