Overview
- KFF’s latest Health Tracking Poll reports 64% of adults worry about affording care, matching concern about gasoline and transport at 64% after rising from 52% in January.
- Among people with insurance, 46% pick lower out-of-pocket costs as their top plan change, while 22% want prior authorization dropped and 12% want more freedom to choose providers.
- Health care costs carry electoral weight, with 55% saying the issue will have a major impact on their vote and 61% saying it will shape which party they back.
- Voters give Democrats an edge on reducing health and prescription drug costs, while Republicans draw more trust on cutting fraud and waste in government programs.
- The poll, a KFF survey of 1,343 adults including 1,107 registered voters, lands as fuel prices and uncertainty linked to the Iran war raise transportation worries.