![]() The former, as described by Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden, would achieve universal coverage by giving all Americans the option of enrolling in a high-quality, affordable public health insurance program, while allowing the loss-averse to stick with the lousy private plans they know and trust. In the U.S., this tendency is likely exacerbated by the public’s (understandable) distrust in their governing institutions.įor these reasons, Democratic operatives argue that Medicare for All Who Want It is a safer campaign pitch than Medicare for All. ![]() This perennial poll result reflects the fact that voters often evince status-quo bias and loss aversion, which is to say, they tend to fear losing what they have more than they long for something better. citizen has a right to quality, affordable health care, and that it is the federal government’s job to uphold that right.īut roughly 70 percent of Americans also believe that their own health-care coverage is either “good” or “excellent” (despite the fact that virtually all of us are getting ripped off). The vast majority of Americans believe that every U.S.
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