Public Opinion on Single-Payer, National Health Plans, and Expanding Access to Medicare Coverage

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Medicare-for-all, an issue which really gained traction during Bernie Sanders’ run during the 2016 presidential primary, does seem to be on the minds of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents at the beginning of the 2020 primary season. But Kaiser Family Foundation polling finds more Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents would prefer lawmakers build on the ACA in order to expand coverage and reduce costs rather than replace the ACA with a national Medicare-for-all plan (Figure 15). So while the general idea of a national health plan (whether accomplished through an expansion of Medicare or some other way) may enjoy fairly broad support in the abstract, it remains unclear how this issue will play out in the 2020 election and beyond.

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1. The ACA has become catastrophic health insurance

The deductibles are so high for the common subscriber that it is only of use if you end up with major medical bills.

[ehrnst]

2. The ACA isn't "insurance." It's a law of regulations and expansions and

covers aspects of private insurance, Medicaid and Medicare, to be rolled out over 10 years.

Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act