The 2020 presidential election may be shaping up to be another election cycle focused on health care, with Democratic candidates offering competing proposals aimed at expanding coverage and controlling costs and a pending legal battle over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
The latest KFF tracking poll takes a closer look at the public’s views on a “public option” that would compete with private insurance. Consistent with other polling showing the public likes choice and competition, the new poll finds two-thirds (65%) of the public – including most Democrats (85%) and independents (68%) – say they support a public option. Most Republicans (62%) oppose a public option.
Similar to previous KFF polling on Medicare-for-all, the new poll finds that attitudes towards a public option can swing significantly, depending on what arguments people hear. CONT.
Kaiser Family Foundation
