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Fact Based List:
5 things to know about voters’ healthcare priorities, ACA awareness heading into 2018 elections
Submitted By Anonymous, Created 01/30/2018 - 11:31
- Healthcare was cited as the top national issue for voters in the 2018 midterm elections, being named by 29 percent of respondents
- The majority of respondents said they heard “a little” or nothing at all about the most recent open enrollment period for the ACA exchanges
- 42 percent of voters said they think the ACA exchanges are “collapsing,” down from 50 percent in September 2017, while 46 percent said they’re not collapsing, up from 35 percent a few months prior
- Majorities said top priorities for Congress should include renewing funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program and stabilizing the ACA exchanges
- Related to the recent CMS move to implement work requirements in Medicaid, most voters see it as a health insurance program rather than a welfare program
Source: HealthExec
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