Health care is a major concern for candidates and constituents in the 2020 election, especially in a battleground state like Pennsylvania.

A recent study from Public Policy Polling finds health care is a key issue for 69 percent of voters in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Texas — all of which are considered 2020 battleground states.

And new data shows thousands of Pennsylvanians are actually losing health insurance, likely upping the stakes of health-care policy for the upcoming presidential election.

According to a September report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Pennsylvanians without health insurance rose by nearly 7,000 between 2017 and 2018. That means 699,000 Pennsylvanians were uninsured in 2018, compared to 692,000 in 2017.

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