The survey also finds "keeping everything the same" to be a close second favorite, with 22% choosing that option. Twenty percent prefer improving the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which means holding on to "Obamacare" but finding ways to make it better. At the opposite end, 14% of survey respondents want to repeal the ACA.
Find the complete survey results here: New survey finds Medicare for all remains the most popular health care plan.
"Medicare for all remains the most popular selection, but support for keeping everything the same has tripled since fall, 2019," observes
The two top responses remain the same as they were in two quarterly surveys conducted earlier in 2020. Consumers' preferences on health reform have shifted as the election is nearly upon us. Below are the changing levels of support for health reform options among survey respondents over the past five quarters.
Fall 2019 |
Winter 2020 |
Spring 2020 |
Summer 2020 |
Fall 2020 |
|
Medicare for all |
21% |
25% |
23% |
27% |
26% |
Keep everything the same |
7% |
17% |
24% |
21% |
22% |
Improve the Affordable Care Act |
7% |
23% |
17% |
19% |
20% |
Repeal the ACA |
16% |
16% |
15% |
15% |
14% |
Public option |
28% |
19% |
15% |
13% |
12% |
Lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 |
-- |
-- |
6% |
6% |
6% |
While some of the results fluctuated over the duration of the surveys, Insure's team finds the COVID-19 crisis hasn't affected people's opinions on Medicare for all. In fact, just 11% of those surveyed said that the coronavirus crisis instigated a change in their support for Medicare for all.
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