The coronavirus crisis and the administration’s halting response to it have cost President Trump support from one of his most crucial constituencies: America’s seniors. … For years, Republicans and Mr. Trump have relied on older Americans, the country’s largest voting bloc, to offset a huge advantage Democrats enjoy with younger […] Read more »
Democrats Like Both the Public Option and Medicare-for-all
With the first votes of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season approaching, large majorities of Democrats – and most of the public overall – support both of the major approaches primary candidates have put forward to expand coverage and make health care more affordable, though a public option remains significantly […] Read more »
71% of U.S. Adults Rate Mental, Physical Health Positively
According to reports of their own health, seven in 10 U.S. adults are in good physical and mental health, including 20% rating both aspects “excellent,” 26% rating both “good,” and 25% rating one aspect good and the other excellent. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
America Decides: How Voters Think About the Economy, Government, and Poverty Ahead of the 2020 Election
The 2020 presidential election cycle will be one of the most consequential in U.S. history. Although electoral outcomes often turn on candidate evaluations or social and cultural choices unrelated to public policy, voters in the upcoming year will likely confront a choice between two competing visions of domestic policy that […] Read more »
Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information
Slightly more than one-fourth (27%) of adults favor eliminating all private health insurance and instituting a “Medicare for All” system, but 40 percent say they need more information to form an opinion, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey out today. … More than two-thirds of people (68%) in the 17 […] Read more »
Democrats differ over best way to provide health coverage for all Americans
As the next round of the Democratic presidential debates approaches, Democrats are largely united in the belief that the federal government has a responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage. However, they are internally divided over how this should be achieved. CONT. Amina Dunn, Pew Read more »