What’s The Role of Private Health Insurance Today and Under Medicare-for-all and Other Public Option Proposals?

KFF Health News July 30, 2019
Karen Pollitz, Tricia Neuman, Jennifer Tolbert, Robin Rudowitz, Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton, and Larry Levitt

Introduction

The role of private health insurance under Medicare-for-all and other proposals has emerged as a prominent issue in the Democratic primary and an important issue for voters. Candidates are debating what role private insurance should have in the U.S. health care system and the implications of such a change for individuals across the country.

For more than two years KFF polling has found a majority of the public favoring a national Medicare-for-all plan with the most recent poll finding a slight dip in support with about half the public (51%) now saying they favor Medicare-for-all. However, surveys also show most people do not have a clear understandingabout the current Medicare-for-all proposals, and how they might change the nature of...

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