Here are six findings:
• Thirty-one percent of Americans ranked healthcare costs as their top economic burden.
• Following healthcare costs, Social Security benefits came in a relatively distant second with 16 percent of Americans ranking it as a top economic burden.
• Fifteen percent of respondents said income inequality was the leading economic burden, followed by tax increases (13 percent), higher education costs (13 percent) and military spending (11 percent).
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