(National Review)
Health-care topped the list of biggest financial concerns for respondents in a new Gallup poll released Thursday.
Close to 17 percent of respondents in the poll said health-care expenses are their biggest financial issue, topping the 11 percent who cited lack of money or low wages, the 9 percent who cited rent or owning a home, the 8 percent who cited college expenses, and the 8 percent who cited taxes. Debt, cost of living, retirement savings, and unemployment ranked farther down the list.
About 20 percent of poll respondents said they do not have a “most important financial problem,” the highest percentage since 2005, when 21 percent said so. Read more
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