Over half of nonelderly adults support either a public option or Medicare for all, with more preferring a public option
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Policy brief (Urban Institute. Health Reform Monitoring Survey)
- Author(s):
- Karpman, Michael, author Holahan, John, author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, December 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicare Universal Health Insurance Public Sector United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- At a Glance. (1) Among adults ages 18 to 64, more than half (51.6 percent) support either a public option or Medicare for All, with more preferring a public option. Nearly one-quarter are neutral toward both approaches.(2) Though Democrats are more likely to prefer a public option to Medicare for All, most support or are neutral toward each approach. Among Republicans, opposition to Medicare for All is much stronger than opposition to a public option.(3) Adults who are young, are Hispanic, have low educational attainment and income, and who do not have private insurance are more likely to prefer Medicare for All than adults without those characteristics. Problems affording care and dissatisfaction with current coverage also increase the likelihood of preferring Medicare for All.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101772249 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772249