According to 68 percent of adults in a 2020 survey, Medicare-for-all is intended to provide health care coverage to all Americans, whereas only 19 percent believe Medicare-for-all will lower people's health costs. This statistic shows the public's opinion on cost and coverage intentions of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act.
Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020
Characteristic
Provide health care coverage to all Americans
Lower people's health care costs
Medicare-for-all
68%
19%
The Affordable Care Act
59%
26%
A government-administrated public option health plan
Original question: "For each of the following, please tell me if you think they are intended mostly to: Provide health care coverage to all Americans/Lower people's health care costs."
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 30, 2020). Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020." Chart. January 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2020). Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Opinion on Cost and Coverage Goals of Medicare-for-all, Public Option, and The Affordable Care Act as of January 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Opinion on cost and coverage goals of Medicare-for-all, public option, and the Affordable Care Act as of January 2020 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, January 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092838/public-opinions-health-care-plan-intentions-us/
