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75% OF US VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS  
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Jessica Corbett
October 25, 2025
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_ “Instead of acting to prevent healthcare price hikes for the
American people, President Trump and Republicans in Congress are
playing games with people’s lives,” said a leader at Groundwork
Collaborative. _

Jessica Tellier, RN, looks for a vein so that she can give a patient
a peripherally inserted central catheter at Emerson Hospital on
December 16, 2024, Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

 

Twenty-four days into the second-longest government shutdown in US
history, yet another poll
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revealed a rising majority of voters across the political spectrum are
concerned about skyrocketing
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health insurance premiums.

Data for Progress and Groundwork Collaborative
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1,215 likely voters nationwide on Wednesday and Thursday. Results
released Friday show that 75% of likely voters—including 83% of
Democrats, 72% of Independents, and 69% of Republicans—are concerned
about premiums soaring. That is an increase from 72% of respondents
who expressed
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concern last week.

The new survey also shows that 56% of voters—including 85% of
Democrats, 65% of Independents, and 23% of Republicans—don’t
believe GOP [[link removed]] President Donald
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healthcare [[link removed]] costs” for
people like them and their families.

The pollsters further found that a plurality of voters continue to
blame the president and GOP lawmakers the most for the shutdown, in
line with Data for Progress and Groundwork Collaborative’s findings
from last week.

 

The new findings track with not only the groups’ previous poll but
also a survey released
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this week by the _Associated Press_-NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research—which found that 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or
“very” worried about their healthcare costs going up over the next
year.

“While the president’s main priority may be his brand new
ballroom, American voters have made their priority loud and clear:
Averting the healthcare premium cliff that will more than double their
insurance premiums,” said Elizabeth Pancotti, managing director of
policy and advocacy at Groundwork, in a Friday statement.

Trump headed
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to Asia [[link removed]] late Friday after
facing rising criticism in the US this week for the ongoing shutdown
and tearing down
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to build a massive ballroom funded
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by weapons makers, tech giants, private equity firms, and other
corporate donors.

Meanwhile, the GOP confirmed Friday that the US House
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Washington [[link removed]], DC, next
week. The chamber’s Republicans passed a funding bill before the
shutdown, but they couldn’t get it through the Senate, where some
Democratic support is needed. Democrats want to undo Republican
Medicaid [[link removed]] cuts and extend
expiring Affordable Care Act
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but the GOP majority refuses.

The open enrollment period for ACA plans begins November 1. _The
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reported
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Friday that “premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on
the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov
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according to final rates approved by the Centers for Medicare
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Absent action sought by congressional Democrats, at least tens of
millions could face significant premium jumps—on top of the
estimated 10 million people who could lose their Medicaid coverage.
Pancotti said that “instead of acting to prevent healthcare price
hikes for the American people, President Trump and Republicans in
Congress are playing games with people’s lives.”

Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

 
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