After dipping to 48% in 2014 amid a national firestorm over police treatment of young black men, the rating Americans give the honesty and ethical standards of police has rebounded to 56%. This is more consistent with the 54% to 58% ratings Gallup found between 2010 and 2013. CONT. Lydia […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Medicare for All
A skirmish broke out recently between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about the merits of single-payer health care, an idea that Mr. Sanders has long advocated. The candidates jousted about the financing of single-payer health care during the Democratic debate Saturday night. The differences between the two candidates on single-payer […] Read more »
More of the public views ACA unfavorably than favorably; 58% favor the idea of Medicare-for-all
… The race for the Democratic presidential nomination has recently included debate about creating a national health plan in which all Americans would get their insurance through an expanded form of Medicare generally called Medicare-for-all. Majorities of Democrats (81 percent) and independents (60 percent) favor the idea of Medicare-for-all compared […] Read more »
Kentucky: Half Hold Unfavorable Views of ACA, But 7 in 10 Don’t Want to Scale Back Medicaid Expansion
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll of Kentucky residents finds that after much discussion of the issue in the state, health care is the top issue residents want state lawmakers to address, and a strong majority opposes scaling back the state’s Medicaid expansion to cover fewer people as new Gov. Matt […] Read more »
After San Bernardino attacks, American concern about terror threat rises
Following the shootings in San Bernardino last week, Americans are on the alert when it comes to terrorism in this country. Forty-four percent of Americans think another terrorist attack in the U.S. in the next few months is very likely, a 16 point jump from two weeks ago and the […] Read more »
Dismayed by drug prices, public supports Democrats’ ideas
Most Americans believe that the prices of brand-name prescription drugs have become unreasonable, and their dismay is leading to wide support for government action to keep costs down, including letting Medicare negotiate prices with drug companies, according to a new poll by STAT and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of […] Read more »