The availability and affordability of healthcare tops the list of American’s concerns about key issues, according to a March 31 Gallup article.
The findings are based on telephone interviews conducted March 2-18 with 1,000 U.S. adults.
Four notes:
1. More than 6 in 10 respondents said they worry about healthcare access “a great deal,” the highest of any issue. Twenty-three percent said they worried about it a fair amount, with 10% and 6%, respectively, saying they worry about it a little or not at all.
2. Financial topics remained top of mind for those surveyed, with the economy (51%), inflation (50%) and federal spending and the budget deficit (50%) following closely behind.
3. Nearly half of respondents also pointed to the way income and wealth are distributed in the U.S. as an issue they worry about a “great deal.” Hunger and homelessness and the quality of the environment followed, both at 46%.
4. A separate poll — the KFF Health Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust — of 1,426 respondents found healthcare costs were the top economic concern among Americans, with 32% saying they were “very worried” about affording healthcare for themselves and their families. Healthcare ranked above food and groceries, rent or mortgage and monthly utilities.
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