Gallup: Health Care Polling As The Top Voter Issue For The First Time Since 2020

The crashing failure of ObamaCare is now evident to Americans across the political spectrum.  It will become the paramount issue in the November 3rd General Election:

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5808929-healthcare-concerns-top-issue/

Health care polling as top issue for first time since 2020: Gallup
By Sophie Brams - March 31, 2026

Americans are more concerned about the availability and cost of health care than any other domestic issue, with it reclaiming the top spot for the first time since 2020, according to a new Gallup poll.

The poll, released Tuesday, found that 61 percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed said they worry a “great deal” about accessing and affording health care, while 23 percent expressed a “fair amount” of concern.

That is compared to 51 percent of respondents who said they were concerned a “great deal” about the economy and 50 percent who said the same about inflation — two issues that dominated public anxiety over the past several years, according to the survey.

Easing worries about the economy, inflation and Social Security meant health care reemerged as Americans’ leading concern, where it ranked consistently between 2015 and 2020 before being overtaken by economic issues during former President Biden’s term.

The percentage of people highly anxious about economic issues grew in the early months of President Trump’s second term but has since returned to 2024 levels, Gallup noted.

Those core issues were separated by just 1 percentage point in 2025, but the cost of health care now leads by 10 points, according to the survey.

The poll also found that what people were the most anxious about varied by political affiliation, with 80 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents expressing a “great deal” of concern about health care and 55 percent of Republicans saying they are greatly concerned with illegal immigration.

The poll was conducted March 2-17. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

The fresh polling comes as tens of millions of Americans are grappling with the rising cost of health care and insurance following the expiration of ObamaCare subsidies.

The enhanced premium tax credits, first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic and later expanded under the Biden administration, expired at the end of 2025 over the objection of Democrats, resulting in higher out-of-pocket costs and fewer Americans enrolling in coverage.

The House passed legislation in January to extend the subsidies for three years, but negotiations have stalled in the Senate.

Separate West Health/Gallup polling conducted earlier this month found that many Americans have changed their habits to afford health care, with roughly one-third of 19,535 respondents cutting back on expenses elsewhere.