By a big margin, Americans say they trust President Obama to do a better job in determining Medicare's future over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The president has a 20-point advantage on what voters say is the third most critical election issue, according to a September tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
That's a huge jump from previous polls reported just weeks ago. A CNN/ORC International poll from late August indicated neither Obama nor Romney had much of an advantage on Medicare and health care.
The majority of respondents in the Kaiser poll say they want to keep Medicare as is, though younger voters are more receptive to the GOP proposal to overhaul the federal health program.
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