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Long-Term Care and Aging

Support for greater government role in health care for older adults

About half of adults in America think Medicare and Medicaid should play large roles in paying for ongoing living assistance for older adults and there is broad and bipartisan support for a host of policies to help pay for the costs of long-term care and caregiving.

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Americans’ readiness to emerge from the pandemic and changes to daily life

The lives of most adults in America remain different than they were before the pandemic, as more than half are still at least somewhat concerned about COVID-19 infection and think steps like vaccination and effective treatments are essential to participate fully in public life again.

As employees return to the workplace, many experience increased stress

Many employees returning to the workplace are feeling more productive, but some are also experiencing more stress.

Support for mask requirements in public persists although worries about infection continue to decline

There continues to be more support than opposition to mask mandates in public, but large partisan gaps persist.

COVID personal precautions on the decline

Worries about being infected with the coronavirus remain low, and Americans are taking fewer personal precautions than they were earlier in the year.

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