Access tops list of Americans’ healthcare concerns: 4 survey findings

Becker's Healthcare February 5, 2025
Erica Carbajal

A quarter of Americans rank healthcare access and affordability as the top public health priority they want government leaders to focus on, according to poll findings from Gallup and Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

A greater percentage of respondents — 52% — placed access and costs among the top three public health priorities. The Rollins-Gallup Public Health Priorities survey asked 2,121 U.S. adults about their biggest public health concerns, how the government could most effectively address them and what sources of information they trust most. The online survey was conducted between Dec. 2-15.

Four key findings:

• Twenty-five percent of respondents selected access and affordability as their highest priority when asked about 15 issues. Eighteen percent chose...

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