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Poll: Democrats Like Both the Public Option and Medicare-for-all, But Overall More People Support the Public Option, Including a Significant Share of Republicans

Jan 30, 2020

News Release

Lowering Drug Costs and Maintaining Pre-existing Condition Protections Top Public’s Health Priorities for Congress With the first votes of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season approaching, large majorities of Democrats – and most of the public overall – support both of the major approaches primary candidates have put forward to expand coverage and make health…

Most Democrats and Democrat-Leaning Independents Favor Both Public Option and Medicare-for-all

Dec 13, 2019

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66% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents -- a majority -- favor both a public option and Medicare-for-all. Minorities of those who favor either Medicare-for-all or a public option exclusively favor one proposal over the other.

Poll: On Health Care, Democrats and Democratic-Leaning Independents Trust Sen. Sanders the Most, but Significantly More People Support a Public Option than Medicare-for-All

Nov 20, 2019

News Release

3 in 4 Americans Do Not Expect Congress to Take Action to Lower Drug Costs Before the 2020 Election Ahead of tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen.

KFF Health Tracking Poll – November 2019: Health Care In The 2020 Election, Medicare-for-all, And The State Of The ACA

Nov 20, 2019

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This poll examines the issues Democrats most want to hear in the debates, their trust of the Democratic candidates on health care, attitudes towards Medicare-for-all and a public option, perceptions of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces, and prospects of legislation to address prescription drug costs.

KFF Health Tracking Poll – October 2019: Health Care In The Democratic Debates, Congress, And The Courts

Oct 15, 2019

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This poll examines health care issues in the Democratic presidential primary , government negotiation of prescription drug prices, party trust on health care, Medicare-for-all, and the pending Texas v. US lawsuit affecting the Affordable Care Act and pre-existing condition protections.

Poll: Democrats Say They Are Hearing Enough From Presidential Candidates About Medicare-for-All and Expanding Coverage, But Want Them to Talk More about Health Costs and Women’s Health Care

Oct 15, 2019

News Release

Heading into tonight’s Democratic primary debate, most Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say the candidates are spending the right amount or too much time talking about ways to provide coverage to more Americans and Medicare-for-all, two topics that have dominated health care discussions in the past three rounds of Democratic debates, the latest KFF Health Tracking…

Voters Aren’t Buying Trump’s Promises of a Health Care Plan

Oct 14, 2019

From Drew Altman

Drew Altman showcases new KFF polling on the public’s views of President Trump’s promise that he will have a “phenomenal” health care plan and protect Medicare, and analyzes what it means for health care politics.

Large Majorities Across Demographic Groups Favorable of Medicare

Oct 4, 2019

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Large majorities, across party ID, age, and income, have favorable opinions of traditional Medicare in our July 2019 poll. Learn more in this Chart of the Week.

KFF Health Tracking Poll – September 2019: Health Care Policy In Congress And On The Campaign Trail

Sep 12, 2019

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This month's poll probes Democrats' views about the general approaches to expanding health coverage and lowering costs put forward by the candidates; the public's health care priorities for Congress; and views about the ACA, Medicare-for-all and a "public option" health plan.

Poll: Most Democrats Prefer a Presidential Candidate Who Wants to Build on the Affordable Care Act

Sep 12, 2019

News Release

The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll probes Democrats’ views about the general approaches to expanding health coverage and lowering costs put forward by the candidates. Most Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (55%) say they prefer a candidate who would build on the Affordable Care Act to achieve those goals.

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