Most Americans cite health care access, cost as most urgent health issues, poll reveals
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Access to health care and medical costs represent the "most urgent" health issues in the United States, according to new survey results.Gallup Inc. conducted its annual Health and Healthcare Poll via telephone among 1,009 adults aged 18 years or older from Nov. 13 to 16.
Thirty percent of the respondents claimed that access was the "most urgent" health care problem and 25 percent cited cost. For the past seven years, either access or cost has topped the list of urgent issues.
However, the current trends have reversed since the last decade, when specific medical conditions were viewed as the most urgent problems in America. From 1987 to 1999, AIDS topped the list and in 1999, 23 percent of survey respondents claimed cancer was the most pressing problem facing Americans.
In the current survey, 12 percent said obesity was the top concern, 11 percent cited cancer and 2 percent named heart disease, AIDS or diabetes. More men (17 percent) than women (8 percent) said obesity was most urgent.
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