Healthcare, the economy and smoking

    Who do we trust the most? New polling on government, the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. The president gets a physical exam and it reveals that he’s still smoking. Also, jobs and the economy still at the top of the list in Americans mind and more, in this week’s What Are We Thinking with Frank Newport, Editor-in-Chief at the Gallup Poll and WHYY’s Dave Heller.

    Who do we trust the most? New polling on government, the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. The president gets a physical exam and it reveals that he’s still smoking. Also, jobs and the economy still at the top of the list in Americans mind and more, in this week’s What Are We Thinking with Frank Newport, Editor-in-Chief at the Gallup Poll and WHYY’s Dave Heller. [audio: gallup20100305.mp3]

    This week on What Are We Thinking:
    – Their latest on the health care debate.

    – New data on the impact of the Toyota situation for the average consumer?

    • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

    – Jobs certainly remain in the news this week with the announcement of the February unemployment numbers which have remained steady. We might assume that most Americans are just happy to have a job… but a new Gallup measure shows that quite a few workers don’t think their job is ideal?

    – And more

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