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NEW Poll: Americans Say Health Care Costs Are Their “Most Important Financial Problem”

Gallup: “Healthcare will likely continue to be a major focus in national elections”

Findings follow recent report on Ernst’s “lopsided giveaway to corporations

A new Gallup poll finds that Americans are most likely to say health care costs, more than any other issue, are the “most important financial problem facing their family” — underscoring how health care remains a central issue for voters and will force Joni Ernst to defend her votes to drive up these costs.

The new data follows a nonpartisan report confirming that the 2017 tax law Senator Ernst helped pass was a “lopsided giveaway to corporations” that “helped corporations, not workers” and provided the basis of the GOP lawsuit against protections for pre-existing conditions and other health care protections.

Gallup: Healthcare Costs Top Financial Problem for U.S. Families

By Jeffrey M. Jones

Key Points:

  • Americans are more likely to name healthcare costs than any other issue when asked to say what is the most important financial problem facing their family.
  • Healthcare is the most commonly mentioned financial challenge for key subgroups and is especially likely to be named by older Americans. Twenty-five percent of adults between the ages of 50 and 64, and 23% of those aged 65 and older, say healthcare costs are the biggest problem for their family’s finances.
  • Healthcare ties for first among adults younger than 50, who are about as likely to name lack of money, college expenses and housing costs as their greatest financial challenges.
  • Foremost among these are healthcare costs, which have been a consistent concern over time but currently stand above all other concerns.
  • As such, healthcare will likely continue to be a major focus in national elections, including the 2020 presidential election.

Read the full report here.

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