Health Care Worries Top Terrorism, By Far, In Americans ’ Minds

This article was originally published in www.healthpopuli.com on February 8, 2017.

Health care is the top concern of American families, according to a Monmouth University Poll conducted in the week prior to Donald Trump’s Presidential inauguration.
Among U.S. consumers’ top ten worries, eight in ten directly point to financial concerns — with health care costs at the top of the worry-list for 25% of people. Health care financial worries led the second place concern, job security and unemployment, by a large margin (11 percentage points) In third place was “everyday bills,” the top concern for 12% of U.S. adults.
Immigration was the top worry for only 3% of U.S. adults; terrorism and national security represented 2% of the American public’s concerns.
In the 2015 Monmouth Poll, 15% said health care was their family’s main worry. Today, this issue is #1 for families across income categories and party affiliation.
“It’s [also] worth noting that issues that have been dominating the news, such as immigration and national security, rank very low on the list of items that keep Americans up at night,” according to Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
The Poll was conducted by Monmouth University Polling Institute from January 12 to 15, 2017 with a national random sample of 801 adults age 18 and older.
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Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Affordable Healthcare Act Consumer Health Care Coverage Policy Disparities Health Reform Insurance Personalized Medicine Source Type: blogs