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Healthcare access and costs

Healthcare affordability and access rank among Arizona voters' top concerns in 2026. Noble Predictive Insights polling found that 61% of Arizona voters are dissatisfied with President Trump's performance on healthcare, reflecting frustration with insurance costs, prescription drug prices, and access to care — particularly in the state's rural communities.

What should Arizona do to improve healthcare access and lower costs for residents?

How OpenCampaign quiz-takers stand on this issue

31% call it a high-priority issue (rating it 7+ out of 10).

  1. Liberal28%
  2. Lean liberal13%
  3. Moderate23%
  4. Lean conservative8%
  5. Conservative27%

High-priority share over time

44%201634%201734%201928%202032%202127%202227%202322%202434%202537%2026

The high-priority share has ranged 22–44% since 2016. Election-year cohorts skew casual and under-rate every issue, so the dips around 2020 and 2024 partly reflect who took the quiz, not a shift in opinion.

Where do you stand?

What should Arizona do to improve healthcare access and lower costs for residents?

How important is this to you?

Sources

Noble Predictive Insightshttps://www.noblepredictiveinsights.com/post/arizona-political-climate-division-division-division
On voters' other top issues, healthcare and education, majorities are dissatisfied with Trump's performance (61% and 56%, respectively).
Positions on this issue  ·  liberal → conservative
  1. Establish a state-level public option or universal coverage program to ensure all Arizonans have healthcare.
  2. Expand Medicaid coverage and increase state subsidies to make private insurance more affordable.
  3. Improve access through a mix of public investment and private market competition without a government mandate.
  4. Reduce regulations on insurance markets to lower costs and expand consumer choice in Arizona.
  5. Fully deregulate healthcare and rely on the free market and charity care to serve Arizonans.

Healthcare access and costs

Healthcare ranks among Arizona voters' top issues, with a majority dissatisfied with current performance. It remains unresolved heading into 2026 and intersects with affordability debates across the electorate.

What should Arizona prioritize to address healthcare costs and access?

How OpenCampaign quiz-takers stand on this issue

31% call it a high-priority issue (rating it 7+ out of 10).

  1. Liberal28%
  2. Lean liberal13%
  3. Moderate23%
  4. Lean conservative8%
  5. Conservative27%

High-priority share over time

44%201634%201734%201928%202032%202127%202227%202322%202434%202537%2026

The high-priority share has ranged 22–44% since 2016. Election-year cohorts skew casual and under-rate every issue, so the dips around 2020 and 2024 partly reflect who took the quiz, not a shift in opinion.

Where do you stand?

What should Arizona prioritize to address healthcare costs and access?

How important is this to you?

Sources

Noble Predictive Insightshttps://www.noblepredictiveinsights.com/post/arizona-political-climate-division-division-division
On voters’ other top issues, healthcare and education, majorities are dissatisfied with Trump’s performance (61% and 56%, respectively).
Positions on this issue  ·  liberal → conservative
  1. Move toward universal coverage expansions and stronger state regulation of prices and insurers
  2. Expand Medicaid-style access, subsidies, and prescription cost caps for more residents
  3. Improve transparency, competition, and targeted help for the uninsured without major overhauls
  4. Emphasize market competition, health savings accounts, and interstate insurance options
  5. Reduce state healthcare mandates and spending, leaving coverage mostly to private markets