A Gallup survey indicates that 83% of Americans view the current state of the U.S. economy negatively with inflation being the biggest economic concern, while non-economic issues such as aspects of government or leadership cited as the leading problem by twice as many Americans.
The Biden administration has started to grant states’ requests to utilize Medicaid funding to pay for nonmedical but health-related needs like groceries and housing support in order to decrease the need for medical intervention.