Medicare for All/popularity

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There is much argument around the idea that people won't support pure M4A, therefore we shouldn't elect someone who is proposing it.

2019-07-25 Medicare For All Isn’t That Popular — Even Among Democrats
- 64% of Dems favor Pure M4A, which is actually pretty popular
- 90% of Dems favor M4A Option
- 46% of Republicans favor M4A Option
2019-02-07 Poll: Most Americans want universal healthcare but don't want to abolish private insurance
- 13% would prefer a health care system that covers all citizens and doesn't allow for private plans, an approach that is sometimes referred to as "single-payer."
- 32% would prefer a universal, government-operated system that also would allow people to buy private, supplemental insurance.
- 26% would prefer a government insurance plan offered to all citizens, but where private plans are still an option (a system sometimes called a "public option.")
- 15% would prefer the government to completely remove itself from paying for health care
- 14% would prefer to keep the existing health care system intact
2018-12-27 Most Americans Still Rate Their Healthcare Quite Positively
- Shortcomings with regard to this discussion:
  - Does not compare opinions of current healthcare vs. universal
  - Implicitly does not include uninsured people