Health care polling as top issue for first time since 2020: Gallup

Health care polling as top issue for first time since 2020: Gallup

A new Gallup poll has found that 61% of Americans are concerned about the availability and cost of health care, making it the top domestic issue for the first time since 2020. The poll also found that concerns about the economy, inflation, and Social Security have eased, allowing health care to reemerge as the leading concern.

Healthcare Reclaims Top Spot Among U.S. Domestic Worries

Americans say they worry most about healthcare among 16 domestic issues, followed by the economy, inflation, the federal budget and income inequality.

This concern jumped back to the top spot for Americans in 2026

Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa (Photo by Sina Schuldt/picture alliance via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - As the conflict involving Iran intensified in March, a recent Gallup poll found that healthcare ranked as Americans’ top domestic concern, with 61% saying they worry about it "a great deal"—more than for any of 15 other policy area. Economic issues followed, with about half of adults reporting high levels of concern about the economy, inflation, federa…