Poll finds more voters trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump on healthcare

At least half of voters trust Hillary Clinton to do a better job solving health issues than Donald Trump, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

In August, Kaiser asked 1,211 adults age 18 and older which presidential candidate they trust to do a better job at dealing with a number of health issues. These included women's access to reproductive health services; the future of Medicaid and Medicare; access and affordability of healthcare; the future of the Affordable Care Act; the cost of prescription drugs; the nation's opioid epidemic; the Zika virus outbreak; and HIV/AIDs.

Ms. Clinton holds a double digit percentage point advantage over Mr. Trump on the majority of the issues, according to the poll. The largest difference between the two presidential candidates is on women's access to reproductive health services; 64 percent of voters said they trust Ms. Clinton to do a better job dealing with this compared to 28 percent of voters who said they trust Mr. Trump to do a better job. A majority of female voters (71 percent) said they trust Ms. Clinton to do a better job on women's access to reproductive health services compared to 20 percent who said they trust Mr. Trump. 

According to the poll, the smallest difference between the candidates is on the future of the ACA. Half of voters said they trust Ms. Clinton to do a better job tackling the issue, while 41 percent said they trust Mr. Trump more.

The poll found that voters age 65 and older are split between which candidate they trust to do a better job dealing with the future of Medicare with 44 percent saying they trust Mr. Trump and 47 percent choosing Ms. Clinton.

Which candidate voters trust on healthcare was not the only issue voters addressed in the poll.

Here are five other poll findings.

1. Two-thirds of voters said the future of Medicare, along with access and affordability of healthcare, are top priorities for the candidates to discuss during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to the poll.

2. Almost all Americans have heard or read about the Zika virus (92 percent), and 36 percent said passing new funding to deal with the outbreak in the U.S. should be a top priority for Congress.

3. The poll found about 50 percent of the public would feel uncomfortable traveling to places like parts of Florida where people have been infected with the Zika virus by mosquitoes.

4. About 50 percent of Americans are concerned that an unauthorized person might get access to their confidential records and information, the poll found. However, 80 percent believe it's important that their physicians use online medical records.

5. When it comes to the ACA, Americans are still split. The poll found 40 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the health law and 42 percent have an unfavorable view.