With the elections a little over 2 weeks away, "affordability" is everywhere — and KFF's Ashley Kirzinger thinks a big share of it is about health care. Ashley, KFF's director of survey methodology, joins Farrah to talk about how KFF reaches people most polls miss, why health costs now tie gas prices as Americans' top household worry, and how majorities of Republicans backed extending the ACA tax credits right up until the issue turned partisan. Plus: why asking voters to choose between "the economy" and "health care" may be a false choice, and why about three in ten voters trust neither party to bring costs down.
Guest
Ashley Kirzinger is director of survey methodology and associate director of KFF's Public Opinion and Survey Research Program, where she helps direct KFF's polling work. She holds a Ph.D. from LSU's Manship School and lives in Portland, Maine.
"When we put out a poll and if Democratic and Republican lawmakers are both mad at us, I feel like that's when we're doing our job right." — Ashley Kirzinger
"They may have said the economy and they mean health costs, and they may say healthcare and they mean health costs." — Ashley Kirzinger
"You have to take care of your health, but you can't afford to take care of your health." — Ashley Kirzinger
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