The Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey measures access to affordable health care over time.
While America's uninsured crisis disproportionately affects lower-income working families, a new Fund survey finds moderate-income Americans are increasingly going without health coverage as well.
Rising health care costs and growing instability in insurance coverage have made health reform a key issue in this election year, a Commonwealth Fund survey shows. Nearly six of 10 Americans (57%) say presidential and congressional candidates' views on health reform will be a "very important" factor in their vote this November.
This survey assessed insurance status, medical debt, the importance of health care as an election issue, policy options for paying for care and covering the uninsured, and more.
This survey was designed to assess a number of issues related to employer-sponsored coverage, including trends in premiums, deductibles, level of benefits, and overall health costs.
This survey assessed the degree to which working-age adults had been uninsured for at least some period of time during the past year and how their insurance status was related to such issues as accessing health care or paying medical bills.
This survey looked at how Americans feel about the traditional employer-based health insurance system compared with other options for health coverage.
The survey finds that one of three adults age 18 to 64, or 52 million people, either were uninsured or had been uninsured at some time during the previous two years. The vast majority of these adults were in working families.
