Medicare-for-all public support U.S. 2017-2020

According to a survey in the U.S. conducted regularly since June 2017, and the last time in October 2020, 53 percent of adults indicated that they supported a national health plan in which all would get their insurance from a single government plan, whereas 42 percent opposed such a plan.

Public support and opposition for a national Medicare-for-all health plan in the U.S. from 2017 to 2020

Characteristic	Favor	Oppose
October 2020	53%	42%
May 2020	56%	41%
January 2020	56%	41%
December 2019	53%	43%
September 2019	51%	47%
June 2019	53%	45%
March 2019	51%	42%
December 2018	56%	38%
September 2018	56%	39%
June 2018	57%	37%
March 2018	56%	42%
December 2017	59%	38%
September 2017	55%	43%
June 2017	57%	38%

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 2017 to October 2020

Number of respondents

1,212 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

persons with a telephone or cell phone

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Do you favor or oppose having a national health plan, sometimes called Medicare-for-all, in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan?"

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