The plans are similar: universal coverage for all Americans, but use different phrases to describe the concept. KFF took a poll of reactions to the various descriptions for universal healthcare between Nov. 8 and Nov. 11. Here are the results:
1. Medicare for all:
• Very positive: 34 percent
• Somewhat positive: 28 percent
• Somewhat negative: 14 percent
• Very negative: 19 percent
2. Universal health coverage:
• Very positive: 24 percent
• Somewhat positive: 27 percent
• Somewhat negative: 13 percent
• Very negative: 20 percent
3. National health plan:
• Very positive: 27 percent
• Somewhat positive: 29 percent
• Somewhat negative: 14 percent
• Very negative: 20 percent
4. Single-payer health insurance:
• Very positive: 18 percent
• Somewhat positive: 30 percent
• Somewhat negative: 17 percent
• Very negative: 15 percent
5. Socialized medicine:
• Very positive: 18 percent
• Somewhat positive: 26 percent
• Somewhat negative: 17 percent
• Very negative: 26 percent
Broken down by political affiliation, 82 percent of Democrats found Medicare-for-all a positive term, compared to 33 percent of Republicans. At the same time, 59 percent of Democrats found “single-payer health insurance system” a positive descriptor while 27 percent of Republicans said the same.
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