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Medicaid recipients are less likely than those with other types of insurance and the uninsured to rate their health positively. They are also more likely to smoke and be obese.

Most Americans say the 2010 Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding access to health coverage, but they are divided on whether it has reduced costs.

U.S. adults' overall well-being has dropped significantly in 2017, particularly among women, minorities, low-income households and Democrats.

The U.S. uninsured rate in the third quarter rose to 12.3%, up 1.4 points since the end of 2016 and the highest since the last quarter of 2014.

Americans are most likely to prefer keeping the Affordable Care Act in place but making significant changes to it (44%) rather than keeping it as is (23%) or repealing and replacing it (30%).

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.

The percentage of uninsured adults in the U.S. climbed slightly to 11.3% in the first quarter of 2017, from 10.9% in each of the last two quarters of 2016.

Six states, led by Kentucky and Arkansas, have reduced their uninsured rates by at least 10 percentage points since 2013.

Americans say the U.S. gained ground over the past eight years on four out of 19 policy issues, while it lost ground on 14 and held steady on one.