Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2016
Drug prices, not the health law, top voters’ health priorities for 2017
27 October 2016 - Until this week, when big increases in insurance premiums were unveiled for next year, the federal health law has not been a major issue in the presidential election.
In fact, fixing what ails the Affordable Care Act isn’t even among voters’ top priorities for health issues for next year, according to a new poll.
The monthly October tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that when voters are asked about what the next president and Congress should do about health care, issues relating to prescription drug prices and out-of-pocket spending far outrank proposals to address the shortcomings of the health law.
