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As the Senate considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, more Americans name healthcare as the most important problem facing the U.S.

March is over, and the month had several interesting and significant events from the perspective of American public opinion.

Fifty-five percent of uninsured Americans in February said they plan to get health insurance rather than pay a fine, down modestly from last fall. The majority of those who intend to get insurance plan to use the exchanges.

The percentage of uninsured adults in the U.S. climbed slightly to 11.3% in the first quarter of 2017, from 10.9% in each of the last two quarters of 2016.

Gallup looks at how Americans viewed the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the political stakes in naming a replacement.

A quarter of U.S. adults say government is the most important problem facing the country, up from 18% in May. Economic concerns have fallen to pre-recession levels.

More U.S. adults were uninsured in the third quarter of 2013 than in any quarter since Gallup began tracking in 2008, with 18% reporting they lacked health insurance. Uninsured rates for both 18- to 25-year-olds and 26- to 64-year-olds ...

The uninsured rate in the U.S. held at 13.4% in the third quarter of 2014, unchanged from the second quarter, but still down 3.7 percentage points since the fourth quarter of 2013.

The percentage of Americans putting off medical treatment due to costs remains steady, but rates are still up from over a decade ago, suggesting rising costs are winning out over healthcare reform.

Read about U.S. voter engagement prior to the midterm elections, investors' views on the current investment climate, fears of an Ebola outbreak in the U.S., and more in this week's review.