Public wellbeing report · Policies

START Act 2025

Ensures timely access to non-VA care for veterans, starting referrals from their first appointment for better healthcare.

#442
of 704 ranked policies
Top 64%
49.8% of matchups won 412 matchups Elo 1755 tracked 2025/07/18 → 2026/09/10

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing
32%
picked as helping wellbeing
228 matchups
72%
picked as hurting wellbeing
184 matchups

On balance people see it as hurting.

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-12-09

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Based on 412 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/10. Full rankings ·

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