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Medical care and prescription costs among top 10 worries of older adults before 2024 election

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If Kamala Harris and Donald Trump want to earn the votes of older adults, they better pay attention to health care. A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that health care affordability tops the list of concerns for American voters—ahead of worries about the federal budget, immigration, and gun violence.


Adults over 50 made up more than half of voters in the 2020 election, making the concerns of this key demographic some of the most critical to the upcoming presidential election.

A new study conduc



ted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, using data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging conducted in February and March 2024, shows the health-related issues most worrying to older adults. 


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