Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Plus: Healthcare Cost Concerns, Stress at Work, Holiday Gift Spending, Optimism in Argentina
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 | The voice of the world in numbers | | | Dec. 10, 2024 | | | Welcome to Front Page, where we break down Gallup's latest insights on our constantly evolving world. Here are the five insights you shouldn't miss this week: | | | 1. Is Healthcare a Human Right? | | | | The Data: A 62% majority of U.S. adults believe the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. The Trend: Gallup began tracking Americans' views on the federal government's responsibility regarding healthcare coverage in 2000, finding majority-level agreement through 2008 that the government should ensure coverage (ranging from 54% to 69%). Support dipped from 2012 to 2014 as the Affordable Care Act was established and enacted, with majorities then disagreeing it was the government's role. However, since then, support has steadily increased to over 60%. Read More | 2. Costs Return as Urgent Health Concern | | | | The Data: Americans name the cost of healthcare (23%) as the most urgent health problem facing the country today, followed by access (14%) and obesity (13%). Shifting Concerns: Gallup has tracked Americans' perceptions of the most urgent health problem in most years since 1999, after initially posing the question in 1987. Cost and access were the major concerns from 2003 to 2013. Cost concerns eased slightly in 2014 after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, while mentions of the flu or viruses spiked. The percentage of Americans naming viruses as the most urgent health problem peaked at 69% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, swamping all other healthcare issues. Since then, access has remained a secondary concern, essentially tied with obesity this year, but cost has regained its position as the top health problem. Latest Data | 3. Stressed at Work | | | | The Data: Four negative emotions — stress, worry, anger and sadness — peaked among U.S. workers in 2020 during the pandemic. Despite declining in the years since, these emotions remain more prevalent than they were before 2020. Emotional Economy: Gallup finds that engaged employees are substantially less likely than those who are not engaged or actively disengaged at work to experience high levels of daily negative emotions. Read More | 4. Jingle Bills | | | | The Data: According to Gallup's November reading, shoppers plan to spend an average of $1,012 on holiday gifts this year, a new high. What This Means: Americans' latest estimate of the total amount they will spend on Christmas and other holiday gifts is up from $975 last November. The new poll also finds Americans less conservative than usual in how they characterize their intended spending, with almost as many saying they will spend more on gifts this year (19%) as saying they will spend less (23%). Read More | 5. No Need to Cry, Argentina | | | | The Data: One year into Javier Milei's presidency, Argentines are feeling more optimistic about their local economy and their standard of living. Background: Milei quickly implemented drastic changes aimed at reforming the Argentine economy and state. Central to his “shock treatment” were policies designed to tackle rampant inflation: devaluing the peso by 50%, cutting fuel subsidies and halving the number of government ministries. Read More | | | |
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