Health Populi October 30, 2018
With seven days until voters go to the polls for what some call the most momentous U.S. election in decades, most Americans say that healthcare costs are a major stress, second only to money.
Perhaps this is why healthcare has become a top voting issue for the 2018 mid-term elections that will be held on November 6 one week from today.
The first chart illustrates that healthcare costs, the economy, and family responsibilities all closely cluster as sources of stress for a majority of Americans in this poll, which was conducted among 3,604 working-age U.S. adults in August 2018.
One-half of people age 18 to 64 have received a surprise medical bill they thought would be covered by insurance, and...