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turbinetree

(24,720 posts) Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:57 AM Sep 2017

Poll: Nearly half of voters support single-payer healthcare

Source: The Hill

Nearly half of voters in a new survey support a "single-payer health care system."

A Politico/Morning Consult poll finds 49 percent of respondents support a single-payer healthcare system in which "Americans would get their health insurance from one government plan."

About one-third of voters, 35 percent, oppose the idea.

Another 17 percent don't have an opinion.
Among Democratic voters, two-thirds support the idea, compared to 18 percent who oppose it.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/351490-poll-nearly-half-of-voters-support-single-payer-healthcare

I love my medicare....................

And every chance I get I speak up and tell and compare the medicare over the for profit BS

My medicare costs me about $1,500.00 a year..................LOVE IT, Thank you Lyndon Johnson.........

Compare that cost against the for profit..............

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Poll: Nearly half of voters support single-payer healthcare (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2017 OP

Medicare for All. sandensea Sep 2017 #1

when this half of the voters decide to get off their butts, we may actuall see it one day beachbum bob Sep 2017 #2

The GOP is going to demonize the term "single payer" one too many times someday Ligyron Sep 2017 #3

Unfortunatley, it has worked very well for them so far. Repeat a lie enough times and... Nitram Sep 2017 #5

Not enough. We need to educate a brainwashed electorate that believes the lies Nitram Sep 2017 #4

Dems should make this the party consensus and run with it! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #6

Support drops 20-30 points when people are told about details like ehrnst Sep 2017 #7

sandensea

(21,670 posts)

1. Medicare for All.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:04 AM

Sep 2017

Democrats should avoid terms like "single-payer," as it sounds foreign and - egads - socialist.

Of course, it would be single-payer - but wording is half the battle in politics.

Thank you for posting this. It's great news.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

2. when this half of the voters decide to get off their butts, we may actuall see it one day

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:12 AM

Sep 2017

until then....no chance

Ligyron

(7,639 posts)

3. The GOP is going to demonize the term "single payer" one too many times someday

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:57 AM

Sep 2017

and end up selling it instead. 'Course, they can always pull out the old "socialism" bat but one day that probably won't work either.

Nitram

(22,890 posts)

5. Unfortunatley, it has worked very well for them so far. Repeat a lie enough times and...

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:03 AM

Sep 2017

Nitram

(22,890 posts)

4. Not enough. We need to educate a brainwashed electorate that believes the lies

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:02 AM

Sep 2017

the right wing has been spreading about single-payer since they started to fight passage of the original Medicare bill. We need two-thirds of the electorate at least.

BigmanPigman

(51,630 posts)

6. Dems should make this the party consensus and run with it!

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:37 AM

Sep 2017

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)

7. Support drops 20-30 points when people are told about details like

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 12:21 PM

Sep 2017

taxes will be increased and goverment will have more say.

http://www.kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/data-note-modestly-strong-but-malleable-support-for-single-payer-health-care/

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