Ashley Kirzinger

I'm "fine"

There is so much to discover in this report. I encourage you all to learn more about the current experiences of ACA marketplace enrollees www.kff.org/public-opini...

What will they do? Will they find different forms of coverage? Will they absorb the costs? Will they decide to go without insurance?

There has been so much policy debate about the expiring enhanced premium tax credits for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces but not enough (IMO) attention has been given to the people who will be paying more for insurance next year

2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey | KFF This survey explores how ACA Marketplace enrollees expect to respond if their premium payments doubled as expected in 2026 when enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. About a third would very...

A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
www.kff.org/public-opini...

What the Election Results Tell Us about the Economy and Health Care Costs After Tuesday's elections, it is becoming increasingly difficult to disentangle concerns about the economy and concerns about health care as costs become the most pressing health care issue for voters...

We also play this out in the 2025 election on Tuesday www.kff.org/quick-take/w...

No idea how/when shutdown ends but newest @kff.org shows that Democrats still have advantage on health care issue for voters. www.kff.org/public-opini...

KFF graphic featuring a quote from Ashley Kirzinger, KFF Associate Director, Public Opinion and Survey Research. It says, “After Tuesday’s elections, it is becoming increasingly difficult to disentangle concerns about the economy and concerns about health care as costs become the most pressing health care issue for voters...”

⚡ KFF’s @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social explores what Tuesday’s elections tell us about the importance of addressing health care costs in both policy debates and electoral choices. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/47I4ymu

Featuring my wonderful colleagues @lizhamel.bsky.social and @alex-kff.bsky.social

I have no problem with polisci using these panels for experiments but not sure I understand the value of using them to measure public opinion, especially when so much data are available to them for free. thanks @ropercenter.bsky.social

Feeling pretty justified as at the time many political scientists used these sources, repeated some our questions, and kept getting different estimates. My response was simply- I think our samples are more representative of the public we claim to represent.

KFF graphic featuring a quote from Ashley Kirzinger, KFF’s Director of Survey Methodology; Associate Director for Public Opinion and Survey Research. It says, “The debate over these enhanced tax credits can be seen as a proxy for the broader public’s concerns about health care affordability which may be why the public is largely in favor of extending these subsidies – even as overall views of the ACA are still very polarized.”

⚡ KFF’s @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social breaks down KFF polling showing broad public support for extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credits — and what’s likely driving that rare agreement across party lines. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/4n3Gjox

If you find this interesting, come check out my talk at the upcoming MAPOR conference.

This is why I think there is widespread support for continuing the enhanced premium tax credits. It is less about the connection to the ACA and more about people's overwhelming concerns about the cost of health care.

Want to see health care rank as a top voting issue again? Ask about cost.

The issue now is that health care is not a standalone issue because the priority is not expanding coverage, it is about reducing cost. We have plenty of polling that shows that concerns about health care costs are intertwined with people's economic concerns including from 2024 election.

Prior to the ACA passage, health care was right behind the economy as top issues for voters (see 2008 presidential election). I would argue that the ACA, Medicaid expansion, and the ACA enhanced premium tax credits have done a lot to make it not top of mind.

I have been working on a talk (for upcoming MAPOR conference) about the complexity of measuring "health care" as voting issue. Seems like @natecohn.bsky.social and I are both thinking about this.

Yes, health care as a standalone issue is no longer top of mind for voters.

I always said we should have rebranded to the Kirzinger Family Foundation

There are real consequences if Congress doesn't extend these premium tax credits for ACA marketplace plans. Four in ten of people with current marketplace coverage say they would have to forego insurance coverage in 2026

www.kff.org/affordable-c...

The common myth is the ACA is so unpopular among Republicans that anything related to the ACA is also unpopular.
Yet, we consistently find that aspects of the ACA, including the marketplaces, have partisan support. Let's not forget that nearly half of people who buy their own coverage are Reps

Support for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits remains very high, even among Republicans and MAGA supporters.

There has been a lot of debate around the Dem lawmakers' strategy of highlighting the end of the tax credits as part of budget talks.

It does appear that awareness is increasing - 39% say they’ve heard “a lot” or “some” – up from 27% in June 2025. But still low, especially among ACA peeps

I think this is the most telling finding. The former players attribute a lot of positivity to their NFL careers, but say it had a negative impact on their health...And they would do it all over again if given the chance.

KFF/ESPN Survey of 1988 NFL Players | KFF The Survey of 1988 NFL players, conducted by KFF in partnership with ESPN, looks at the overall health and well-being of former professional football players who played in the 1988 NFL season. While m...

KFF report: www.kff.org/racial-equit...

Dive into the ESPN/KFF Survey of 1988 NFL Players Read the key takeaways and methodology of the ESPN/KFF Survey of 1988 NFL Players, and see additional stories and videos from the project.

ESPN stories: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

At KFF we get to do some really interesting work with media partners. For the first time, we partnered with ESPN on a survey of former NFL players.

Check out the amazing ESPN coverage as well as the KFF report!

You may not be looking on social media for health information and advice...but you have probably seen it!

Yesterday's HHS mRNA announcement will likely just add to the ongoing confusion and partisan divide on mRNA technology www.kff.org/quick-take/h...

Sorry it took us a while but... we finally have those numbers for you. Four in ten adults say they plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine this fall increasing to more than half of older adults and seven in ten Democrats.

www.kff.org/health-infor...

if so, it isn't funny