A Morning Consult/Politico poll in April found that support for a single-payer health system outweighs opposition, by 44 percent to 36 percent (with 19 percent unsure).

It's not all bad news these days -- the U.S. has a large arsenal of policy tools available to tackle our most pressing economic problems.

Economists have found that Medicaid expansion under the ACA reduced unpaid bills and debt-collection balances.

Fixing the countrys long-term economic problems could be helped by fixing the heroin and opioid epidemic. If Donald Trump addresses this problem successfully, it would also be a big help to the working-class voters who supported him.

Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama have both come out in favor of a public option, but as long as Republicans control Congress the odds of its adoption are remote. Regardless, what would the economics of it be?

The battle continues over minimum wage.