Fierce Healthcare August 7, 2019
A new survey finds that many people are on the fence about “Medicare for All.”
Though support or opposition for “Medicare for All” is dominating the 2020 primary headlines, a large group of Americans is more ambivalent about the proposal, a new survey shows.
Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank, surveyed close to 9,600 people about their thoughts on single-payer healthcare. It found about 41% neither support or oppose such a transition.
By comparison, about 30% said they support “Medicare for All” outright and about 28% said they oppose it, according to the survey.
The roughly half of respondents who were on the fence didn’t change when they were asked about other plans for attaining universal coverage....