In Iowa, Single Payer ‘Medicare For All’ Loses Ground

Forbes August 10, 2019
Bruce Japsen

Proposals to eliminate private health insurance in favor of a single payer version of “Medicare for All” may be losing ground on the campaign trail in Iowa, home of the first-in-the nation Democratic caucuses.

A new Monmouth University poll shows a majority of likely Iowa Democratic “caucusgoers want a public option rather than a ‘Medicare for All’ type” of healthcare coverage that would eliminate private insurance.

“A majority (56%) of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers say they would prefer to allow people to opt into Medicare, while just 21% say they want a Medicare for All type of system with no private insurance,” the poll from the Monmouth University Polling Institute said.

But Iowa Democrats do want to see more choices...

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