Most Americans now favor government-paid health insurance for all, according to a ‌new poll, as voters across party lines see major healthcare reforms as a priority less than a month before midterm elections to decide control of the US Congress.

Two-thirds of US adults — up from 53% in 2020 — said they are in favor of universal US health insurance often referred to as "Medicare for all," according to a poll conducted by health policy research firm KFF released on Tuesday.

By party affiliation, 84% of respondents who identify as Democrats and 72% of independent voters were in favor, while 66% of Republicans were opposed.

When told such ⁠a single-payer model would eliminate private insurance plans, that overall support dropped to 52% — still well ahead of the 37% favorability seen in the 2020 survey.

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[–] 26 points 1 day ago* (8 children)

Cool, let anyone who wants to opt out, and everyone who doesn’t is automatically signed up, just like how many nations automatically sign you up as a voter or for healthcare. Don’t want to have govt healthcare? Cool, you’re free to stay on private insurance that will skyrocket and collapse soon as the world adapts to a better system. We gotta stop letting malignant narcissists, sadists and the brainwashed ruin everything for everyone else.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    I've lived in 4 European countries, and none had the option to "opt out" of health care coverage (other than being an illegal resident). It makes no sense to have that option anyway, it's like being able to opt out of paying taxes for education.

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    In pretty much all European countries you can still get private insurance if you want to. And some people do for various reasons. The difference is that if something happens with your private insurance, like you can't pay anymore or whatever you still have the public insurance to fall back on. Just because everyone gets public insurance doesn't mean private one is banned on something.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    In fact, in a few European countries the system is more private and doesn't even have the equivalent of Medicare or Medicaid.

    It's just regulated in a somewhat less moronic way than the US health care system.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    It makes sense if opting out means you don't get national insurance.

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  • [–] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    When they show up in the ER with a heart attack they're going to get treatment we can't pay for and we'll be right back to square one with all of this shit

    Also, nobody gave me the option to opt out of paying for the bombs out dumbass military drops on schools and other civilian infrastructure, don't know why this is any different

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