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About 4 in 10 Americans Say Health Care Should Be a Top Government Priority: AP-NORC poll
The AP-NORC poll shows about 40% of U.S. adults list health care as a top government priority in 2026 amid concerns over rising medical costs and policy changes.
- The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found health care surged as a top priority for 2026, based on Dec. 4-8 polling using NORC's AmeriSpeak Panel.
- President Donald Trump and his administration cut Medicaid and ended ACA subsidies, which respondents say will raise health care costs early next year.
- About 4 in 10 U.S. adults named health care in an open-ended question, up from one-third last year, with adults ages 45 to 59 especially worried; the AP-NORC poll reports a margin of sampling error ±4 percentage points.
- The poll suggests health care could drive next year's midterm contests and affect control of Congress, while about 66% of U.S. adults say they are slightly or not at all confident, down from 58% last year.
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Leaning Left10Leaning Right2Center16Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Center
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources are Center
57% Center
L 36%
C 57%
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