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Americans don't often name healthcare as top U.S. problem (Gallup)

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Only 6% of Americans thought health care was the top problem in June, according to a Gallup poll, trailing behind the economy, jobs, the deficit and problems in government. That is down from the average 8% of Americans who, since January 2001, have thought health care was the country’s biggest problem, and down from an average 7% from the start of 2012. The Gallop poll hit a historical high of 31% in January 1994, when President Bill Clinton was developing, promoting and attempting to pass a new health care reform plan. The percentage hit 26% in September 2009 when President Obama began pushing his reform plan.