President Obama's once overwhelming lead on health care issues over former Gov. Mitt Romney has narrowed substantially and is almost eradicated on Medicare as the two continue to battle it out in the final push for the White House, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

The president—who had a double digit lead over Republican contender Mitt Romney in September on health reform, health costs and Medicaid—now has a lead in the single digits.

More likely voters still say they trust Obama over Romney on Medicaid (46 percent to 39 percent); lowering costs (46 percent to 39 percent) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (48 percent to 40 percent), but by a much smaller percentage than even one month ago.

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