Most Americans want govt run healthcare, until they - find out govt will run it. Posted: Sep 13th, 2017 - 1:02 pm In Reply to: Bernie Sanders to introduce his plan for Universal...sm - VTMT
While 55 percent of Americans say they want a single-payer/Medicaid-for-all plan, those in favor tend to change their minds when they hear that it means giving the government more control over health care, or that Americans would have to pay more in taxes.
That tracks with other polling on the issue. A May poll from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found support for single-payer state healthcare at 65 percent statewide, but that number dropped to 42 percent when respondents were told at least $50 billion in new taxes would be required to pay for it. That's a pretty optimistic view of the taxes that would be required to pay for single-payer in California; the actual cost would be well over $100 billion annually.
Are you sure you want government-run health care? Many Americans don't seem to understand the question. But once they do, the answer is "no."
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