The poll was conducted the week after the 2018 midterm elections, during which the Democratic party gained a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Here are four statistics from the poll:
1. One in 5 voters (20 percent) considered healthcare to be the top issue Congress should work on next year, topped only by immigration or border security (21 percent).
2. Within healthcare, 19 percent of voters said Congress should specifically focus on healthcare affordability and cost, followed by the ACA (10 percent), Medicare reform (6 percent) and healthcare insurance for all (5 percent).
3. Roughly one-third of voters (35 percent) said they were “not at all confident” that Congress could work together to address healthcare issues facing the nation.
4. Less than 1 in 3 individuals correctly identified that Congress had ended an ACA mandate that penalized individuals without health insurance, while 38 percent wrongly said Congress had not ended the mandate.
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