Liz Hamel
@lizhamel.bsky.social
Polling on health care at @KFF. Also a mom of 3, ocean lover, living in SF but still a New Englander at heart.
And see the Washington Post's reporting on the poll, including profiles of parents who are making a range of decisions on vaccinating their children
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations
A wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll details who tends to reject vaccine recommendations and their reasoning.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And see the Washington Post's reporting on the poll, including profiles of parents who are making a range of decisions on vaccinating their children
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Not from KFF, but an Axios/Ipsos poll from March 2025 found 17% of adults reported getting a COVID booster in the last 3 months, which is about the same share who said the same in Feb 2024. To me this suggests interest in boosters still exists.
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not from KFF, but an Axios/Ipsos poll from March 2025 found 17% of adults reported getting a COVID booster in the last 3 months, which is about the same share who said the same in Feb 2024. To me this suggests interest in boosters still exists.
We also conducted focus groups with immigrants who are undocumented or living with an undocumented family member and found they face a range of concerns about their families' safety, health, and economic situations.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
Living in an Undocumented Immigrant Family Under the Second Trump Administration: Fear, Uncertainty, and Impacts on Health and Well-Being | KFF
To better understand how the shifting policy environment is affecting immigrant families, KFF conducted four focus groups in March 2025 with 29 Hispanic adults who were likely undocumented or living w...
www.kff.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We also conducted focus groups with immigrants who are undocumented or living with an undocumented family member and found they face a range of concerns about their families' safety, health, and economic situations.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
When it comes to trust in vaccine information, we find reversal of a trend of declining trust among Republicans that started during COVID. Dems remain more likely than Reps to trust CDC and FDA for information, but trust has inched up among Rs and dropped by double digits among Ds since 2023.
May 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When it comes to trust in vaccine information, we find reversal of a trend of declining trust among Republicans that started during COVID. Dems remain more likely than Reps to trust CDC and FDA for information, but trust has inched up among Rs and dropped by double digits among Ds since 2023.
But misperceptions about Medicaid persist. Most people don't know that most working-age people Medicaid recipients have jobs, and most are unaware that Medicaid is the primary payer of nursing home and LTC services.
March 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
But misperceptions about Medicaid persist. Most people don't know that most working-age people Medicaid recipients have jobs, and most are unaware that Medicaid is the primary payer of nursing home and LTC services.