Against the backdrop of public concern about inflation and rising gas prices, proposals to lower what people pay out-of-pocket for drugs tops the public’s list of health care priorities for Congress, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Most (55%) of the public say inflation is the biggest problem facing […] Read more »
Americans skeptical about religious objections to COVID-19 vaccines, but oppose employer mandates
While many public and private employers in the United States have required workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some are allowing exemptions for people who say the vaccine violates their religious beliefs. But most U.S. adults do not believe that these requests for religious exemptions are sincere, according to a […] Read more »
More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off?
Doctors and demographers recently noticed another tragic example of how polarization shapes America: The pandemic has killed more people in the nation’s Republican enclaves than its Democratic strongholds. They explain the gap by pointing to Republican resistance to vaccines and the GOP’s more cavalier approach to combating the virus in […] Read more »
COVID Personal Precautions on the Decline
Public concern about the coronavirus continues to decrease. Worries over infection remained at the same rate as February, after decreasing from the month prior, and Americans are taking fewer personal precautions than they were earlier in the year. Vaccinated adults remain more concerned and are taking more precautions than their […] Read more »
New York: Hochul Has Commanding Lead Over Williams & Suozzi with Dems; With Cuomo in Race, Hochul Leads 38-30%
In a three-way Democratic gubernatorial primary, Governor Kathy Hochul has a commanding 40-point lead over both New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Rep. Tom Suozzi among registered New York Democrats. If former Governor Andrew Cuomo runs in the primary, Hochul has the support of 38% of Democrats, compared […] Read more »
Shifting Support for Some, But Not All, Covid Mandates
Support for Covid-19 face-mask and social distancing guidelines has dropped from half of the public to just a third in the past two months as a large majority of Americans endorse the C.D.C. relaxing its recommendations. At the same time, a little under half of the public backs workplace vaccine […] Read more »