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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: Most Americans want to replace Obamacare with single-payer — including many Republicans [View all]
Poll: Most Americans want to replace Obamacare with single-payer including many Republicans
By Philip Bump - May 16 2016
The politics of Obamacare aren't all that complicated. Republicans have called for the Affordable Care Act to be "repealed and replaced" for years, with only sporadic attempts to articulate what the replacement would be. On the Democratic side, the question that's emerged over the course of the primary is whether or not the program should be expanded and improved (Hillary Clinton's argument) or if we should push for a complete overhaul, moving toward a "single-payer" system like Medicare (Bernie Sanders's argument).
In a round of polling conducted this month, Gallup figured out which of those ideas was the most popular. And the result? It's sort of a three-way tie.
Well over half of Americans want to replace Obamacare with a single-payer system. That figure, amazingly, includes 41 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents even though the wording of the question specifies that the program would be "federally funded." (Mind you, more than half of Republicans oppose the idea.)
The high number of Republicans approving of the idea may be because Republicans are so hostile to the Affordable Care Act. Gallup's polling has consistently shown that Republicans hold strongly negative views of the program. Replacing the ACA with anything probably holds some appeal.....
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Poll: Most Americans want to replace Obamacare with single-payer — including many Republicans [View all]
think
Jun 2016
OP
Apparently Hillary Clinton is the only politician who can't be bought so the millions in speaking
think
Jun 2016
#10
She took direct income from an association that is actively fighting single payer in Colorado
think
Jun 2016
#5
"What do we want?" "Incremental change!" "When do we want it?" "In due time!" Great rallying cry.
Jim Lane
Jun 2016
#20
If Obama had stood firm for single payer or even public option, we'd be sitting here with nothing
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#23
America is the only one of the 25 wealthiest nations that doesn't provide universal health care
think
Jun 2016
#27
It's still not politically feasible in the foreseeable future and that has nothing to do with
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#28
America is the only one of the 25 wealthiest nations that doesn't provide universal health care
think
Jun 2016
#29
Your logic is nonsense. The ACA barely passed. The political power to pass universal healthcare
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#32
Keep trying make it seem acceptable that Hillary lined her pockets with millions from
think
Jun 2016
#34
Keep trying to make this all about Hillary for political expediency. President Obama himself stated
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#35
Did Hillary take millions in income from those fighting universal healthcare or not?
think
Jun 2016
#38