September 11, 2019

Voters prefer Medicare with options

The Hill - A new poll finds that more voters favor an optional government-run health insurance plan, as former Vice President Joe Biden advocates, than full-scale "Medicare for All" that eliminates private health insurance, as advocated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

The USC/Los Angeles Times poll finds that 48 percent of eligible voters surveyed support giving everyone the option of a government-run health insurance plan, compared to just 14 percent who oppose it. Thirty-eight percent had not heard enough to have an opinion.

The full-scale Medicare for All, which eliminates private health insurance, polls somewhat worse. That proposal gets 39 percent support to 34 percent opposition. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's heading toward enrollment time for many employer health plans. I wonder how Medicare for All will stack up against another year of workers seeing their benefits shrink and their costs rise. It's still early in the campaign.