Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare poll once again finds roughly three in 10 Americans reporting they held off seeking some kind of medical treatment in the past year due to costs. Today’s 29% saying they did this is consistent with the rate seen each year since 2005 but is up […] Read more »
Economic optimism plunges, yet consumers still plan to spend big over holidays: CNBC survey
American economic optimism took a sharp turn down in the fourth quarter from record high levels, with the CNBC All-America Economic Survey registering its biggest quarterly drop in its 12-year history. Yet the decline in optimism looks to be doing little to dissuade Americans from shopping for the holiday season. […] Read more »
Americans are more worried about their financial futures now than at any other time in the Trump presidency
Americans are more worried now about their financial futures — including their paychecks, stock portfolios and home values — than at just about any point since Donald Trump was elected president. Every month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York surveys a representative group of 1,300 households nationwide. Its November […] Read more »
One in Four Americans Have Experienced Cybercrime
Americans are more likely to say a household member has had their personal, credit card or financial information stolen by computer hackers, than report being victimized by any of eight other forms of criminal activity. Nearly a quarter of Americans, 23% say that they or someone in their household fell […] Read more »
Six in 10 Americans Worry About Higher Healthcare Premiums
Of four potential financial setbacks related to health insurance, having to pay higher premiums or copays ranks as the biggest concern among U.S. adults, with 61% saying it is a “major concern.” Close to half (46%) worry this much about not having enough money to pay for healthcare, while 42% […] Read more »
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
… At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The Times found. Several of those businesses claim to track up to 200 million mobile devices in the United States — about half those […] Read more »