Most Urgent Health Problem Facing Country Today

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What would you say is the most urgent health problem facing this country at the present time?

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Overview	Question Options	% of respondents
2001	Other	3%
2001	Don't know/Refused	8%
2001	None	<1%
2001	Affordable Health Care	5%
2001	Affordable Health Insurance	7%
2001	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2001	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2001	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2001	Cancer	19%
2001	Diabetes	1%
2001	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2001	Health Care for Children	1%
2001	Heart Disease	6%
2001	Universal Health Coverage	3%
2001	Medicare	1%
2001	Mental Illness	1%
2001	Obesity	3%
2001	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	2%
2001	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2001	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2001	Anxiety/Stress	2%
2001	Immunization/Vaccinations	1%
2001	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2001	AIDS	7%
2001	Alzheimers	<1%
2001	Pollution	<1%
2001	Smoking	1%
2001	Flu	1%
2001	Alcohol Abuse	1%
2001	HMOs	<1%
2001	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2001	Bio-chemical terrorism	5%
2001	Smallpox	1%
2001	Anthrax	16%
2002	Other	4%
2002	Don't know/Refused	9%
2002	None	<1%
2002	Affordable Health Care	6%
2002	Affordable Health Insurance	10%
2002	Affordable Prescription Drugs	7%
2002	Health Care for the Elderly	5%
2002	Health Care for the Poor	2%
2002	Cancer	21%
2002	Diabetes	1%
2002	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2002	Health Care for Children	1%
2002	Heart Disease	5%
2002	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2002	Medicare	1%
2002	Mental Illness	1%
2002	Obesity	6%
2002	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2002	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2002	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2002	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2002	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1%
2002	Poor quality health care	2%
2002	Access to/Availability of Health Care	1%
2002	AIDS	8%
2002	Alzheimers	<1%
2002	Pollution	1%
2002	Smoking	2%
2002	Flu	1%
2002	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2002	HMOs	1%
2002	Bio-chemical terrorism	<1%
2002	Anthrax	<1%
2003	Other	5%
2003	Don't know/Refused	6%
2003	None	<1%
2003	Affordable Health Care	8%
2003	Affordable Health Insurance	11%
2003	Affordable Prescription Drugs	6%
2003	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2003	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2003	Cancer	13%
2003	Diabetes	1%
2003	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2003	Health Care for Children	<1%
2003	Heart Disease	3%
2003	Universal Health Coverage	1%
2003	Medicare	3%
2003	Mental Illness	<1%
2003	Obesity	6%
2003	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	<1%
2003	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2003	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2003	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2003	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1%
2003	Poor quality health care	3%
2003	Access to/Availability of Health Care	14%
2003	Drug Abuse	1%
2003	Cost	2%
2003	AIDS	8%
2003	Alzheimers	<1%
2003	Pollution	1%
2003	Smoking	1%
2003	Flu	<1%
2003	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2003	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2003	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2003	Bio-chemical terrorism	1%
2003	Smallpox	<1%
2004	Other	4%
2004	Don't know/Refused	7%
2004	None	<1%
2004	Affordable Health Care	7%
2004	Affordable Health Insurance	9%
2004	Affordable Prescription Drugs	9%
2004	Health Care for the Elderly	7%
2004	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2004	Cancer	9%
2004	Diabetes	<1%
2004	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2004	Health Care for Children	<1%
2004	Heart Disease	2%
2004	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2004	Medicare	3%
2004	Mental Illness	<1%
2004	Obesity	6%
2004	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2004	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2004	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2004	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2004	Immunization/Vaccinations	4%
2004	Poor quality health care	4%
2004	Access to/Availability of Health Care	11%
2004	Cost	3%
2004	AIDS	5%
2004	Alzheimers	<1%
2004	Smoking	<1%
2004	Flu	2%
2004	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2004	HMOs	<1%
2004	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2004	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2004	Medical Malpractice	1%
2004	Bio-chemical terrorism	<1%
2005	Other	2%
2005	Don't know/Refused	8%
2005	None	<1%
2005	Affordable Health Care	6%
2005	Affordable Health Insurance	11%
2005	Affordable Prescription Drugs	4%
2005	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2005	Health Care for the Poor	2%
2005	Cancer	15%
2005	Diabetes	1%
2005	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2005	Health Care for Children	<1%
2005	Heart Disease	4%
2005	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2005	Medicare	2%
2005	Mental Illness	1%
2005	Obesity	7%
2005	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2005	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2005	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2005	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2005	Poor quality health care	1%
2005	Access to/Availability of Health Care	7%
2005	Drug Abuse	1%
2005	Cost	2%
2005	AIDS	6%
2005	Pollution	<1%
2005	Viruses	5%
2005	Smoking	1%
2005	Flu	4%
2005	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2005	HMOs	<1%
2005	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2005	Medical Malpractice	<1%
2005	Bio-chemical terrorism	<1%
2006	Other	5%
2006	Don't know/Refused	7%
2006	None	<1%
2006	Affordable Health Care	6%
2006	Affordable Health Insurance	9%
2006	Affordable Prescription Drugs	7%
2006	Health Care for the Elderly	4%
2006	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2006	Cancer	14%
2006	Diabetes	1%
2006	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2006	Health Care for Children	1%
2006	Heart Disease	3%
2006	Universal Health Coverage	3%
2006	Medicare	1%
2006	Mental Illness	1%
2006	Obesity	7%
2006	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2006	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2006	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2006	Anxiety/Stress	1%
2006	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1%
2006	Poor quality health care	1%
2006	Access to/Availability of Health Care	11%
2006	Drug Abuse	1%
2006	Cost	3%
2006	AIDS	6%
2006	Alzheimers	<1%
2006	Pollution	1%
2006	Viruses	<1%
2006	Smoking	<1%
2006	Flu	1%
2006	HMOs	<1%
2006	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2006	Medical Malpractice	<1%
2006	Everything	<1%
2006	Bio-chemical terrorism	<1%
2007	Other	2%
2007	Don't know/Refused	8%
2007	None	<1%
2007	Affordable Health Care	7%
2007	Affordable Health Insurance	11%
2007	Affordable Prescription Drugs	5%
2007	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2007	Health Care for the Poor	<1%
2007	Cancer	14%
2007	Diabetes	2%
2007	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2007	Health Care for Children	2%
2007	Heart Disease	1%
2007	Universal Health Coverage	4%
2007	Medicare	1%
2007	Obesity	8%
2007	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2007	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2007	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2007	Anxiety/Stress	1%
2007	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2007	Poor quality health care	4%
2007	Access to/Availability of Health Care	15%
2007	Drug Abuse	1%
2007	Cost	3%
2007	AIDS	2%
2007	Alzheimers	<1%
2007	Viruses	<1%
2007	Smoking	<1%
2007	Flu	1%
2007	HMOs	<1%
2007	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2007	Bacteria/Staph infection/MRSA	1%
2007	Medical Malpractice	1%
2008	Other	2%
2008	Don't know/Refused	9%
2008	None	1%
2008	Affordable Health Care	4%
2008	Affordable Health Insurance	12%
2008	Affordable Prescription Drugs	4%
2008	Health Care for the Elderly	1%
2008	Cancer	11%
2008	Diabetes	2%
2008	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2008	Health Care for Children	1%
2008	Heart Disease	2%
2008	Universal Health Coverage	4%
2008	Medicare	2%
2008	Mental Illness	<1%
2008	Obesity	11%
2008	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2008	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2008	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2008	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2008	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2008	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2008	Poor quality health care	3%
2008	Access to/Availability of Health Care	18%
2008	Drug Abuse	<1%
2008	Cost	4%
2008	AIDS	2%
2008	Alzheimers	<1%
2008	Pollution	<1%
2008	Smoking	1%
2008	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2008	HMOs	<1%
2008	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2008	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2008	Medical Malpractice	1%
2008	Everything	<1%
2009	Other	3%
2009	Don't know/Refused	9%
2009	None	1%
2009	Affordable Health Care	7%
2009	Affordable Health Insurance	6%
2009	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2009	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2009	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2009	Cancer	9%
2009	Diabetes	1%
2009	Govt Interference in Health Care	5%
2009	Heart Disease	2%
2009	Universal Health Coverage	3%
2009	Medicare	1%
2009	Mental Illness	<1%
2009	Obesity	5%
2009	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	<1%
2009	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	3%
2009	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2009	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2009	Poor quality health care	5%
2009	Access to/Availability of Health Care	14%
2009	Cost	2%
2009	AIDS	1%
2009	Alzheimers	<1%
2009	Smoking	<1%
2009	Flu	4%
2009	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2009	Medical Malpractice	1%
2009	H1N1/Swine flu	12%
2010	Other	3%
2010	Don't know/Refused	8%
2010	None	1%
2010	Affordable Health Care	7%
2010	Affordable Health Insurance	6%
2010	Affordable Prescription Drugs	1%
2010	Health Care for the Elderly	2%
2010	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2010	Cancer	12%
2010	Diabetes	1%
2010	Govt Interference in Health Care	10%
2010	Health Care for Children	1%
2010	Heart Disease	2%
2010	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2010	Medicare	2%
2010	Mental Illness	<1%
2010	Obesity	13%
2010	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2010	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2010	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2010	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2010	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2010	Poor quality health care	6%
2010	Access to/Availability of Health Care	10%
2010	Drug Abuse	1%
2010	Cost	4%
2010	AIDS	1%
2010	Alzheimers	<1%
2010	Pollution	<1%
2010	Viruses	<1%
2010	Smoking	<1%
2010	Flu	<1%
2010	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2010	HMOs	<1%
2010	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2010	Bacteria/Staph infection/MRSA	<1%
2010	Medical Malpractice	1%
2010	Everything	<1%
2010	H1N1/Swine flu	<1%
2011	Other	2%
2011	Don't know/Refused	14%
2011	None	<1%
2011	Affordable Health Care	12%
2011	Affordable Health Insurance	5%
2011	Affordable Prescription Drugs	1%
2011	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2011	Health Care for the Poor	2%
2011	Cancer	13%
2011	Diabetes	1%
2011	Govt Interference in Health Care	3%
2011	Health Care for Children	<1%
2011	Heart Disease	1%
2011	Universal Health Coverage	3%
2011	Medicare	3%
2011	Mental Illness	<1%
2011	Obesity	12%
2011	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	<1%
2011	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2011	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2011	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2011	Poor quality health care	2%
2011	Access to/Availability of Health Care	14%
2011	Drug Abuse	<1%
2011	Cost	<1%
2011	AIDS	1%
2011	Alzheimers	<1%
2011	Smoking	<1%
2011	Flu	<1%
2011	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2011	Medical Malpractice	1%
2012	Other	3%
2012	Don't know/Refused	13%
2012	None	1%
2012	Affordable Health Care	12%
2012	Affordable Health Insurance	6%
2012	Affordable Prescription Drugs	1%
2012	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2012	Health Care for the Poor	2%
2012	Cancer	13%
2012	Diabetes	2%
2012	Govt Interference in Health Care	3%
2012	Health Care for Children	<1%
2012	Heart Disease	2%
2012	Universal Health Coverage	4%
2012	Medicare	3%
2012	Mental Illness	<1%
2012	Obesity	14%
2012	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2012	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2012	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2012	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2012	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2012	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1%
2012	Poor quality health care	3%
2012	Access to/Availability of Health Care	9%
2012	Drug Abuse	<1%
2012	AIDS	1%
2012	Alzheimers	<1%
2012	Smoking	<1%
2012	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2012	Medical Malpractice	<1%
2012	Everything	<1%
2013	Other	3%
2013	Don't know/Refused	10%
2013	None	2%
2013	Affordable Health Care	8%
2013	Affordable Health Insurance	9%
2013	Affordable Prescription Drugs	1%
2013	Health Care for the Elderly	4%
2013	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2013	Cancer	10%
2013	Diabetes	2%
2013	Govt Interference in Health Care	9%
2013	Health Care for Children	1%
2013	Heart Disease	2%
2013	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2013	Medicare	1%
2013	Mental Illness	2%
2013	Obesity	11%
2013	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2013	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2013	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2013	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2013	Poor quality health care	2%
2013	Access to/Availability of Health Care	8%
2013	Drug Abuse	2%
2013	Cost	5%
2013	AIDS	1%
2013	Alzheimers	1%
2013	Pollution	<1%
2013	Smoking	<1%
2013	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2013	Bacteria/Staph infection/MRSA	<1%
2013	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2013	Medical Malpractice	<1%
2014	Other	2%
2014	Don't know/Refused	8%
2014	None	1%
2014	Affordable Health Care	9%
2014	Affordable Health Insurance	5%
2014	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2014	Health Care for the Elderly	2%
2014	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2014	Cancer	10%
2014	Diabetes	2%
2014	Govt Interference in Health Care	2%
2014	Health Care for Children	<1%
2014	Heart Disease	2%
2014	Universal Health Coverage	6%
2014	Medicare	1%
2014	Mental Illness	1%
2014	Obesity	9%
2014	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	2%
2014	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2014	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2014	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2014	Immunization/Vaccinations	1%
2014	Poor quality health care	2%
2014	Access to/Availability of Health Care	7%
2014	Cost	4%
2014	AIDS	1%
2014	Alzheimers	<1%
2014	Pollution	<1%
2014	Viruses	<1%
2014	Smoking	<1%
2014	Flu	1%
2014	Ebola Virus	17%
2014	Alcohol Abuse	1%
2014	Medical Malpractice	<1%
2015	Other	4%
2015	Don't know/Refused	10%
2015	None	1%
2015	Affordable Health Care	6%
2015	Affordable Health Insurance	6%
2015	Affordable Prescription Drugs	3%
2015	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2015	Health Care for the Poor	<1%
2015	Cancer	14%
2015	Diabetes	2%
2015	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2015	Health Care for Children	<1%
2015	Heart Disease	1%
2015	Universal Health Coverage	4%
2015	Medicare	1%
2015	Mental Illness	1%
2015	Obesity	13%
2015	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2015	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2015	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2015	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2015	Immunization/Vaccinations	1%
2015	Poor quality health care	2%
2015	Access to/Availability of Health Care	8%
2015	Drug Abuse	2%
2015	Cost	8%
2015	Care for Veterans	2%
2015	AIDS	1%
2015	Alzheimers	1%
2015	Pollution	1%
2015	Smoking	<1%
2015	Flu	<1%
2015	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2015	Moral Decline of Nation	<1%
2016	Other	4%
2016	Don't know/Refused	9%
2016	None	1%
2016	Affordable Health Care	9%
2016	Affordable Health Insurance	7%
2016	Affordable Prescription Drugs	3%
2016	Health Care for the Elderly	2%
2016	Health Care for the Poor	<1%
2016	Cancer	12%
2016	Diabetes	3%
2016	Govt Interference in Health Care	<1%
2016	Health Care for Children	<1%
2016	Heart Disease	2%
2016	Universal Health Coverage	6%
2016	Medicare	<1%
2016	Mental Illness	3%
2016	Obesity	8%
2016	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2016	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	<1%
2016	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2016	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2016	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2016	Poor quality health care	1%
2016	Access to/Availability of Health Care	9%
2016	Drug Abuse	2%
2016	Cost	8%
2016	Care for Veterans	2%
2016	AIDS	<1%
2016	Alzheimers	<1%
2016	Pollution	1%
2016	Viruses	<1%
2016	Smoking	<1%
2016	Flu	<1%
2016	Ebola Virus	<1%
2016	Alcohol Abuse	1%
2016	Bacteria/Staph infection/MRSA	<1%
2016	Zika virus	2%
2017	Other	6%
2017	Don't know/Refused	8%
2017	None	<1%
2017	Affordable Health Care	4%
2017	Affordable Health Insurance	3%
2017	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2017	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2017	Cancer	10%
2017	Diabetes	2%
2017	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2017	Health Care for Children	1%
2017	Heart Disease	1%
2017	Universal Health Coverage	8%
2017	Medicare	1%
2017	Mental Illness	4%
2017	Obesity	6%
2017	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	<1%
2017	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2017	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2017	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2017	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2017	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2017	Poor quality health care	1%
2017	Access to/Availability of Health Care	11%
2017	Drug Abuse	15%
2017	Cost	7%
2017	Care for Veterans	<1%
2017	AIDS	<1%
2017	Alzheimers	1%
2017	Pollution	<1%
2017	Viruses	<1%
2017	Smoking	1%
2017	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2017	Teen Pregnancy	1%
2018	Other	6%
2018	Don't know/Refused	8%
2018	Affordable Health Care	8%
2018	Affordable Health Insurance	10%
2018	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2018	Health Care for the Elderly	3%
2018	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2018	Cancer	9%
2018	Diabetes	1%
2018	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2018	Health Care for Children	<1%
2018	Heart Disease	1%
2018	Universal Health Coverage	6%
2018	Medicare	1%
2018	Mental Illness	2%
2018	Obesity	5%
2018	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2018	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	2%
2018	Immunization/Vaccinations	1%
2018	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2018	Poor quality health care	1%
2018	Access to/Availability of Health Care	7%
2018	Drug Abuse	10%
2018	Cost	5%
2018	Care for Veterans	1%
2018	Illegal immigrants bringing disease, raising costs	1%
2018	AIDS	<1%
2018	Alzheimers	<1%
2018	Pollution	<1%
2018	Viruses	<1%
2018	Pre-existing conditions	3%
2018	Smoking	<1%
2018	Flu	<1%
2018	Alcohol Abuse	<1%
2018	HMOs	<1%
2018	Teen Pregnancy	<1%
2020	Other	6%
2020	Don't know/Refused	3%
2020	Affordable Health Care	<1%
2020	Affordable Health Insurance	1%
2020	Affordable Prescription Drugs	1%
2020	Cancer	5%
2020	Diabetes	1%
2020	Govt Interference in Health Care	1%
2020	Heart Disease	1%
2020	Universal Health Coverage	1%
2020	Mental Illness	1%
2020	Obesity	4%
2020	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	<1%
2020	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2020	Immunization/Vaccinations	<1%
2020	Access to/Availability of Health Care	3%
2020	Drug Abuse	1%
2020	Cost	2%
2020	COVID-19	65%
2020	Viruses	<1%
2020	Pre-existing conditions	<1%
2020	Flu	1%
2020	Ebola Virus	1%
2021	Other	5%
2021	Don't know/Refused	4%
2021	Affordable Health Care	4%
2021	Affordable Health Insurance	2%
2021	Affordable Prescription Drugs	2%
2021	Health Care for the Elderly	<1%
2021	Health Care for the Poor	1%
2021	Cancer	4%
2021	Diabetes	1%
2021	Govt Interference in Health Care	2%
2021	Heart Disease	1%
2021	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2021	Medicare	<1%
2021	Mental Illness	3%
2021	Obesity	5%
2021	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2021	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2021	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2021	Immunization/Vaccinations	6%
2021	Poor quality health care	1%
2021	Access to/Availability of Health Care	7%
2021	Drug Abuse	2%
2021	Cost	1%
2021	Care for Veterans	<1%
2021	Illegal immigrants bringing disease, raising costs	1%
2021	COVID-19	43%
2021	Pollution	<1%
2021	Viruses	2%
2023	Other	8%
2023	Don't know/Refused	11%
2023	None	<1%
2023	Affordable Health Care	9%
2023	Affordable Health Insurance	5%
2023	Affordable Prescription Drugs	6%
2023	Health Care for the Elderly	1%
2023	Health Care for the Poor	2%
2023	Cancer	6%
2023	Diabetes	3%
2023	Heart Disease	1%
2023	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2023	Medicare	1%
2023	Mental Illness	7%
2023	Obesity	9%
2023	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2023	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2023	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	<1%
2023	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2023	Immunization/Vaccinations	2%
2023	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	<1%
2023	Poor quality health care	1%
2023	Access to/Availability of Health Care	5%
2023	Drug Abuse	9%
2023	Cost	3%
2023	Care for Veterans	1%
2023	COVID-19	5%
2023	Alzheimers	<1%
2023	Pollution	1%
2023	Viruses	<1%
2023	Smoking	<1%
2023	Flu	<1%
2024	Other	3%
2024	Don't know/Refused	11%
2024	None	<1%
2024	Affordable Health Care	9%
2024	Affordable Health Insurance	8%
2024	Affordable Prescription Drugs	6%
2024	Health Care for the Elderly	2%
2024	Cancer	3%
2024	Diabetes	2%
2024	Govt Interference in Health Care	2%
2024	Health Care for Children	<1%
2024	Heart Disease	1%
2024	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2024	Medicare	1%
2024	Mental Illness	4%
2024	Obesity	15%
2024	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2024	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2024	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2024	Anxiety/Stress	<1%
2024	Immunization/Vaccinations	1%
2024	Poor quality health care	2%
2024	Access to/Availability of Health Care	9%
2024	Drug Abuse	6%
2024	Cost	4%
2024	Care for Veterans	<1%
2024	Illegal immigrants bringing disease, raising costs	1%
2024	COVID-19	3%
2024	AIDS	<1%
2024	Alzheimers	<1%
2024	Pollution	<1%
2024	Viruses	1%
2024	Pre-existing conditions	<1%
2025	Other	5%
2025	Don't know/Refused	8%
2025	None	1%
2025	Affordable Health Care	12%
2025	Affordable Health Insurance	10%
2025	Affordable Prescription Drugs	3%
2025	Health Care for the Elderly	1%
2025	Health Care for the Poor	<1%
2025	Cancer	4%
2025	Diabetes	2%
2025	Govt Interference in Health Care	5%
2025	Health Care for Children	<1%
2025	Heart Disease	1%
2025	Universal Health Coverage	2%
2025	Medicare	<1%
2025	Mental Illness	4%
2025	Obesity	8%
2025	Disease/Funding Cures for Diseases	1%
2025	Poor/Unhealthy Lifestyles	1%
2025	Education/Educating Public about Health Care	1%
2025	Anxiety/Stress	1%
2025	Immunization/Vaccinations	2%
2025	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1%
2025	Poor quality health care	2%
2025	Access to/Availability of Health Care	12%
2025	Drug Abuse	3%
2025	Cost	6%
2025	Care for Veterans	<1%
2025	Illegal immigrants bringing disease, raising costs	1%
2025	COVID-19	<1%

Patients' expected impact of AI on healthcare in next 10 years

[ASKED AMONG PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER] Overall, what impact do you think AI will have on each of the following in the next 10 years?
Ease of completing healthcare tasks for patients (past 12 months)

Please answer the following questions about your primary care provider. [ASKED AMONG PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER] In the past 12 months, how easy or difficult has each of the following been for you?
Factors affecting patient comfort with AI care decisions without provider review

Your healthcare provider uses AI to make recommendations for your diagnosis and/or treatment plan based on your symptoms, medical history, test results and other medical information. The AI provides suggestions that your healthcare provider can review while examining the same information and making decisions about your care. [ASKED AMONG PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER] Would the following make you more comfortable or less comfortable with AI making decisions about your care without your healthcare provider reviewing those decisions?

Most Urgent Health Problem Facing Country Today

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