Poll: Americans More Concerned About Health Care Costs Than Terrorism

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 7, 2017, 12:42 PM EDT

Despite more than a week of headlines about President Donald Trump's immigration executive order and the administration's focus on national security, a plurality of Americans say health care costs are their primary concern, rather than terrorism, according to a poll released Tuesday by Monmouth University.

A quarter of Americans say health care costs are the primary concern facing their families, according to the poll.

Trump, and many congressional Republicans, ran on a pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a key part of former President Obama's legacy. To the consternation of some on the right, that process has slowed considerably. On Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said "legislating" a replacement health care bill, if not implementing it, would be completed within the year.



While worries about paying for health care were nearly even with concerns about job security and with other household bills when the poll was conducted two years ago, Monmouth said in a press release, health care costs have since become more prominent in Americans’ minds.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/monmouth-university-poll-health-care-costs

[lark]

1. 2% are concerned about National Security/Terrorism.

It consumes 90% of drumpfs time since he's a scared orange assface.

[Stellar]

2. Why isn't BLOTUS closer to the top than to the bottom.

He will be the cause of everything going wrong on that list of concerns.

[Dopers_Greed]

3. They're going to have a rude awakening

Costs are never going to stop going up.

[Dave Starsky]

9. They could go up at a substantially decreased rate.

But that would be by adopting policies that this administration and Congress have absolutely zero interest in.

[EarthFirst]

4. I'm more worried about being shot by a right-wing Christian conservative...

Although, that and healthcare are kinda related to the issue most likely to affect Americans; is it not? #causeandeffectrelationship

[HassleCat]

5. We know what will kill us.

Odds are, it's not a Muslim radical, but a health problem left untreated because some insurance company doesn't want to pay for some pills.

[ooky]

6. I see that "guns" didn't make the list. Obviously they didn't poll my community, where

"the government taking their guns" is a life and death issue to these voters.

[logosoco]

7. My two top concerns are at the bottom of this list!

How can the environment be at the bottom??? Without clean air and water none of the rest even matter!

[red dog 1]

8. Health care costs are going to go up more after Trump's HHS starts cutting Medicare & Medicaid

despite his campaign promise "I'm the only Republican candidate who's not going to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid."

Medicaid cuts will be first - block grants to states (to spend as they wish) instead of what we have now

[Dave Starsky]

10. I'm as frightened of terrorism as I was on 9/10/2001.

That is to say, not.

Watching the fucking country wetting its pants and coming unglued for the past 15 years has been the hard thing to deal with.

[still_one]

11. Then why didn't they vote in the Senate races for Democrats? 47% who were eligible to vote decided n

not to

[dalton99a]

12. Yep. Chances of getting bankrupted by ISIS: Practically zero.