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Much of the focus of pollsters and public opinion experts this election season is on the question of who is going to win control of the House and the Senate. Who is going to win is important, but a more lasting concern is what the public thinks ...

Six in 10 Americans say members of the new bipartisan "supercommittee" mandated to find new ways of reducing the federal budget deficit should compromise, even if the agreement reached is one they personally disagree with. This includes a ...

Fewer Americans reported having employer-based health insurance in 2012 than did in 2008, 2009, and 2010, but at 44.5%, this figure is unchanged from 2011. Government-based health insurance continues to trend up.

With President Obama standing firm on the urgency of healthcare reform, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data find that the health insurance landscape in America did change from 2008 to 2009. A larger number of Americans were reliant on ...

In the first quarter of 2016, the uninsured rate among U.S. adults averaged 11.0%, down from 11.9% in the fourth quarter of 2015. This marks a new low in Gallup and Healthways' eight-year trend.

Despite the partisan rancor surrounding the midterm campaign, majorities agree on several things the government can do regardless of who wins on Nov. 6.

Hospitals have a powerful financial incentive to reduce readmissions. But identifying and deploying the right strategies is easier said than done.

Two-thirds of Americans are satisfied with the way the healthcare system in the U.S. is working for them, little changed since mid-March. Those without health insurance and Republicans have the lowest satisfaction levels.

The percentage of uninsured adults in the U.S. rose to 11.7% in the second quarter of 2017, from 10.9% in each of the last two quarters of 2016.

U.S. adults who purchased health insurance through a federal or state healthcare exchange rate their coverage less positively than those who purchased elsewhere.