KFF Health Tracking Poll: Economic Hardship, Health Coverage, And The ACA

KFF March 3, 2021
Lunna Lopes, Audrey Kearney, Ashley Kirzinger, Liz Hamel, Mollyann Brodie

Key Findings

After one month in office, a majority of the public (62%) approve of the way President Biden is handling the coronavirus pandemic – including nine in ten Democrats (92%).
The pandemic’s economic effects continue to be felt as 37% of adults say they or another adult in their household have had trouble paying for basic expenses, such as food or housing, in the past three months. A majority of lower-income adults say they have experienced these financial difficulties, as do about half of Black and Hispanic compared to 31% of White adults.
Amidst efforts by the Biden Administration and Democratic Congressional leaders to pass a COVID-19 relief bill by mid-March largely aimed at helping those who have...

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