Public wellbeing report · Policies

Personal Needs Boost

Increases Medicaid personal needs allowance, giving individuals and couples more funds for personal expenses.

#169

of 704 ranked policies

Top 25%

63.2% of matchups won 386 matchups Elo 1494 tracked 2026/01/25 → 2026/10/05

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing

64%

picked as helping wellbeing

295 matchups

60%

picked as hurting wellbeing

91 matchups

People are split on it.

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-01-31

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Based on 386 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/05. Full rankings ·

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