Opinion Today
January 17, 2023
Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 Megan Brenan, Gallup The percentage of Americans reporting they or a family member postponed medical treatment in 2022 due to cost rose 12 points in one year, to 38%, the highest in Gallup’s 22-year trend.
‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of’ Zach Montellaro & Megan Messerly, Politico A spring state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin has serious implications for abortion policy, voting rights and more in the perennial battleground. Americans see Martin Luther King Jr. as a hero now, but that wasn’t the case during his lifetime (updated) Harry Enten, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero. Almost every American adult (95% in CBS News polling) believes he was an important figure in US history. But it wasn’t always that way. Will It Be Morning in Joe Biden’s America? Paul Krugman, New York Times To the extent that the economic landscape shapes the political landscape, things loo…
