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Less than a week before the healthcare insurance exchanges reopen, 66% of Americans are satisfied with how the healthcare system works for them. Satisfaction varies by health insurance status, political party affiliation and race.

A reporter called and asked about healthcare reform legislation: "Is this the largest and most significant public policy legislation that has been passed by Congress over the wishes of the American people?"

Americans' top priority for the next president continues to be the economy, although they also frequently mention immigration, healthcare, national defense and education.

Gallup's latest business sector rankings put the pharmaceutical industry, a perennial low scorer, near the bottom of the 25 industries rated. The industry dropped from an overall positive rating of +4 last year to -8 this year.

Arkansas and Kentucky lead all states in reported drops in their uninsured rates in 2014. The uninsured rates declined more in states that chose to expand Medicaid and set up their own marketplace exchanges than in states that have not.

The impact of Newt Gingrich's now reverberating Meet the Press comments about fellow Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicare fix -- "I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering," and ...

Three major provisions of the Affordable Care Act -- President Obama's expansive health reform bill signed into law in March 2010 -- are now in effect. Individually, the three provisions, detailed below, are meant to expand healthcare coverage ...

Fifty-five percent of Americans now say they worry about healthcare a great deal, topping Gallup's list of potential worries for the fifth year in a row and for the 11th year since 2001.

Americans are evenly divided in their support for the two major budget plans now framing the budget debate in Washington. Forty-four percent favor President Obama's plan and 43% favor Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's. Pluralities of Americans 30 and ...

A majority of nonretired Americans do not think they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, up sharply from about a third who felt this way in 2002. Nonretired Americans now expect to retire at age 66, up from age 60 in 1995.