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Americans rate nurses and doctors the best of eight different healthcare providers in the U.S., with more than 8 in 10 saying the medical care they provide is excellent or good. Americans rate nursing homes and health insurance companies the ...

President Barack Obama makes his annual State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the House of Representatives in Washington. Although the mandate for what the president's report to Congress should contain (or even how and when it should be ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders is still viewed favorably by a small majority of U.S. adults. Meanwhile, fellow democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws mixed ratings -- and half of Americans are unfamiliar with her.

Arkansas and Kentucky lead all states in reported drops in their uninsured rates from 2013 to 2014. Uninsured rates fell more in states that chose to expand Medicaid and set up their own marketplace exchanges than in those that didn't.

Americans' views of the healthcare law have stabilized, with approval now at about where it was in November, and disapproval is down slightly. Overall attitudes continue to tilt negatively, with 41% approving and 51% disapproving.

Slightly fewer Americans rate their healthcare coverage as excellent or good, at 67%, down from 72% last year. But Americans' satisfaction with their healthcare quality remains as high as ever, with 82% saying it is excellent or good.

More U.S. adults were uninsured in the third quarter of 2013 than in any quarter since Gallup began tracking in 2008, with 18% reporting they lacked health insurance. Uninsured rates for both 18- to 25-year-olds and 26- to 64-year-olds ...

The economy, unemployment, the federal deficit, dissatisfaction with government, and healthcare are the top five issues facing the country as President Obama prepares for a second term. This article reviews Americans' views on each.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that "The administration had to devote the early part of September to trying to change public opinion . . . because opposition at angry town-hall-style meetings in August had been so damaging." The piece ...

Seven in 10 Americans say the government shutdown is a crisis or major problem, more than said so about the 1995 shutdown. Americans view President Obama, and Republican and Democratic leaders, more negatively as a result.