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Public opinion on women’s health and preventive carePoll findings from a 2017 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll
80%
81%
54%
79%
59%
53%
47%
42%
No cost sharing for childhoodpreventive care
No cost sharing forpreventive services
No cost sharing for birthcontrol
Prohibit gender rating
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
Awareness and Support for Some Women’s Health and Preventive Care Provisions in the ACA
… say it is very important that each of the following is kept in place:
… are aware each of the following is included in the Affordable Care Act:
Percent of the public who…
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
of the public originally support the ACA’s
requirement that private health plans must include maternity care coverage
89%
93%of the public support the requirement after those who
originally opposed hear that without it, policies that include maternity care would become very expensive
of the public originally oppose the ACA’s
requirement that all private health plans must include maternity care coverage
of the public oppose the requirement after those who
initially supported hear it means some have to pay for benefits they do not use
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
10%
31%
71%
of Americans support the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that, with the exception of certain
religious objections, Private Health Insurance Plans Cover the Full Cost of Birth Control
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
If a woman works for a company that does not pay for birth control coverage due to an employer’s religious objections…
… 39% say the insurance company should pay for
this coverage
… 42% say the woman herself should pay for this
coverage
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
… 15% say the government should pay for this
coverage
85%
69%
41%
Democrats
Independents
Republicans
Among Women
Republicans less likely to say it is very important that the federal government funds reproductive health services for lower-income women.
83%
46%
30%
Among Men
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
That’s 90% of female Democrats
57% of female Republicans
74% of female independents
79% of women say federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for non-abortion services should continue.
and 88% of women who have used Planned Parenthood
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
38%
41%
25%
Democrats
Independents
Republicans
Among Women
One-third of Americans are aware of ban on federal funds for abortions
Among Men
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
32%
32%
26%
75%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
say the federal government
should continue paying Planned Parenthood for services received by people with Medicaid
say all federal payments to
Planned Parenthood should be stopped
22%
82%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 6-12, 2017)
say Medicaid should continue paying after those who originally oppose federal funding hear that cutting payments would make it difficult for lower-income women to access certain health services