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New research by market firm Ipsos and news website Axios suggests Americans are surprisingly united by public health concerns. According to the new data, fully half of all Americans say the government's number one public health priority should be lowering costs for health care and prescription drugs. That's more than triple the 14% of people who voted for the second-place priority of reducing gun deaths. Researching cures for major diseases was also listed as a priority by 14% of people, tying for second place.

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