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The percentage of young adults in the U.S. who lack health insurance began to decline at the end of 2010 and has remained lower since. The uninsured rate for 26- to 64-year-olds, though, has been rising since 2009.

Americans in the last three years have become more likely to rate the quality of the healthcare they receive and their coverage as "excellent"; this increase is led by those on the political right and those with a government healthcare plan.

Americans' views of the Affordable Care Act remain split (52% approve, 47% disapprove) and are more politically polarized than ever.

Americans want Congress and the president to give highest priority to jobs and the economy, followed by making government more efficient and improving education. Immigration reform and reducing gun violence are last among 12 issues.

Americans face a dilemma of high healthcare costs coupled with low value. Two new indices from West Health and Gallup will help frame these challenges.

Americans are generally happy with their own healthcare, more negative than positive about the Affordable Care Act and leery of federal involvement in running healthcare.

In addition to myriad other stresses, hospitals now face substantial financial penalties from patient readmissions. Here's how managing key staff behaviors can reduce that risk.

Americans are split on whether they approve or disapprove of the Affordable Care Act, but overall, they are steadily seeing more benefits to the law since 2012.

Although support for a government-run healthcare system has edged up in the past five years, the majority of Americans continue to prefer a system based on private health insurance.

Despite a recent flurry of bipartisan legislative activity, congressional job approval remains low, at 19%. Republicans are not much more likely than Democrats to approve of the GOP Congress.