With increased attention among policymakers towards prescription drug costs, the February 2019 KFF Health Tracking Poll finds a majority of adults, including seniors, are in favor of many policy options aimed at curbing prescription drug costs. There is majority support – across party identification – for many current policy proposals, […] Read more »
Older Voters Have Favored the G.O.P. Can Democrats Pry Some Away?
Senior power is the sleeping giant of American politics. … Older Americans’ collective voting clout has usually been fragmented by more salient variables of race, religion, ideology-party, class, gender or family status. But that is changing: Age and race have begun to coalesce in a manner that should alarm Democrats. […] Read more »
Citizens feel disconnected from government. If they knew what government did for them, they wouldn’t.
Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the department of government at Cornell University. She is also the author of a new book, “The Government-Citizen Disconnect,” which argues that citizens are often unaware of the benefits they receive from the government. I spoke to her […] Read more »
Americans skeptical of Trump’s drug plan — if they’ve even heard of it
President Donald Trump was hoping for a big win with voters when he rolled out a massive blueprint to lower drug prices in May. But two months later, most Americans haven’t even heard about it, a new poll shows. And few of the Americans who are aware of his plan […] Read more »
Should Americans Really Be Worried About Retirement?
Many Americans don’t think about retirement until it looms in their immediate future. So how confident are Americans that they will have enough money when they retire? CONT. Gallup Listen to “Should Americans Really Be Worried About Retirement?” on Spreaker. Read more »
America’s graying population in 3 maps
Where do baby boomers live? oneinchpunch/shutterstock.com Peter Rogerson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York The U.S. population has changed substantially in the last half century, growing by nearly 63 percent. Perhaps the two most prominent demographic changes over the past 50 years relate to age. In 1968, […] Read more »