Survey: Health Costs Rank High On Consumer Worry List

U.S. adults may be more concerned about health care costs than about the war in Iraq.

Researchers at the American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, have presented that finding in a summary of results from a recent Internet survey of 2,758 U.S. residents ages 18 and over conducted by an outside research firm.

When asked to identify pressing concerns, 85% of the participants named the rising cost of health care, 80 percent named the rising cost of fuel, and 79% named the war in Iraq, ASQ researchers report.