Nearly 7 in 10 Americans support stricter gun laws in the United States, but many question whether tighter regulations can reduce some forms of gun violence. Few people think various public spaces are safer these days than they were 20 years ago. Sixty-seven percent of Americans think the country’s gun […] Read more »
California Poll: Access to Mental Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Affordability Among Top Health Care Priorities
Californians rank making health care more affordable among their top overall priorities for the state’s new governor and legislature, with 45 percent citing it as “extremely important,” just behind improving public education (48%) and ahead of affordable housing (40%), finds a new KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)/California Health Care Foundation poll […] Read more »
Public’s Own Mental Health Description Stays Slightly Down
Americans’ assessment of their mental health slipped in 2017 and remains lower this year. Still, a huge majority (83%) say they are in “good” (40%) or “excellent” (43%) mental health. A slightly smaller percentage, 79%, describe their physical health as good (51%) or excellent (28%). CONT. Jim Norman, Gallup Read more »
Survey finds obesity, mental health are continuing problems for wounded warriors
A new survey of 33,000 wounded warriors has alerted advocates and government officials to ongoing problems with veterans’ mental health and obesity. In the latest annual survey from the Wounded Warrior Project, completed in conjunction with the research firm Westat, 78 percent of participants reported experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, up […] Read more »
U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I
Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017, the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises. CONT. Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post Read more »
Gun Policy Remains Divisive, But Several Proposals Still Draw Bipartisan Support
The partisan divide that for years has defined public opinion about the nation’s gun policies remains firmly in place. Yet there continue to be several specific policy proposals that draw broad support from both Republicans and Democrats. CONT. Pew Read more »