Majority of Republicans supports 'Medicare for all,' poll finds
Source: The Hill
10/22/2018
More than half of Republicans in a new American Barometer poll say they support "Medicare for all," also known as a single-payer health-care system.
The survey, conducted by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company, found that 52 percent of Republicans polled said they supported the option, while 48 percent said they opposed it.
Twenty-five percent said they "strongly" supported "Medicare for all," while 27 percent said they "somewhat" supported it.
Twenty-two percent said they "somewhat" opposed the idea, while 26 percent said they "strongly" opposed it.
Read more: https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412552-majority-of-republicans-say-the-support-medicare-for-all-poll
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)An average respondent could very easily interpret the question -- "Would you support or oppose providing Medicare to every American?" -- as implying everyone over 65.
A poll asking "Do you support making Medicare available to Americans of all ages?" or "Do you support expanding Medicare eligibility to include people younger than 65?" will get different results than the above.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)will never pass this and if the Democrats try to pass it they will fight it tooth and nail.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Medicare for all = Single payer healthcare = Obamacare = ACA
The Repugs are TOO STUPID to figure this out. But heck yeah, they want Medicare for all!
They just don't want Obamacare.
Polybius
(15,423 posts)As much as I like the ACA, and as much of an improvement it was over nothing, Medicare for all would be a far greater plan to have.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)When it's called "Obamacare" the right-wingers hate it before they even know what it really is.
That's been the GOP plan from the beginning.
Very few of the base can even tell the difference between all these plans.
I guess "Medicare for All" sounds like it's for white people, but I don't get it.
But the good news is that the door has opened maybe just enough to get a real national healthcare plan passed. It needs to be a bipartisan effort which is what the ACA should have been all along.
Turbineguy
(37,337 posts)da gubmint stays out of it.
MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)has nothing to do with what the Republicans will do.
Most Republicans also believe in common-sense gun laws, and we've seen how much that view has been represented.