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A majority of voters of both parties support Medicare for All policy proposals.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/403248-poll-seventy-pe...

Voters were split on the ACA mandated carriage of private insurance.

In my state at least, the ACA bankrupted the smaller participants and allowed for the Blue Cross to eat up that market, all while increasing their price 50%-100% year-on-year. Forcing someone to purchase these products, combined with our campaign finance problems in the US, I wonder if this wasn't a submarine corporate welfare bill.

More charitably one might call it a half-measure when one needs a full.

I have my doubts.

The term ‘Medicare for All’ is a fairly new term that has only been exposed to public discourse (of the sort that reaches the average unengaged voter) within the bubble of Democrat primaries.

It’ll be instructive to see how these numbers stand up to scrutiny during the general election—assuming the Democrats elect someone who supports it as advertised.

It’s pretty well documented by political studies the delta between what voters broadly want and what political leadership in the US generally delivers. That poll covered Democratic, Republican and independent voters. Independents being the unorganized third party in similar size to both other main parties.

On the plus side, the recent Democratic debates have delved into the subject in impressive detail, with candidates grilling each other over differences, as well as the moderators. It's a remarkably nuanced discussion within the party. Not that most voters care about nuance, but for those who do, the information is there.

In addition, the "Medicare for All" branding is deceptive, as the plan on offer is nothing like Medicare.

Some candidates are trying to jump onto the brand without supporting the core proposals, but the Sanders/Jayapal senate and house bills for Medicare for All are the core proposals by which the others should be judged.

Yes, the Sanders and Jayapal bills are the ones I meant are nothing like Medicare. I was trying to say that those "Medicare for All" bills are nothing like the current Medicare program.

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