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Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the Nation

Pew Research Center · Reem Nadeem · last updated

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Economic issues continue to dominate Americans’ ranking of the top problems facing the country. And over the course of the last year, the shares who view issues like health care affordability and the budget deficit as very big problems have risen.

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