Public wellbeing report · Policies

Mental Health Expansion

Boosts access to mental health care by increasing Medicare payments and allowing psychologists to offer more services in shortage areas.

#177 of 704 · top 26%

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62.8% of matchups won 968 matchups Elo 1620 tracked 2025/01/11 → 2025/07/15

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing

74%

picked as helping wellbeing

606 matchups

44%

picked as hurting wellbeing

362 matchups

On balance people see it as helping.

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29

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Based on 968 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2025/07/15. Full rankings ·

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