People love Medicare for All until they're told it'll raise their taxes

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• Support for "Medicare-for-all" plunges when people are asked if they'd pay higher taxes or put up with treatment delays to get it, a survey by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation finds.
• The poll found that Americans initially support "Medicare-for-all," 56% to 42%.
• Support increased when people learned "Medicare-for-all" would guarantee health insurance as a right (71%) and eliminate premiums and reduce out-of-pocket costs (67%).
• But if they were told that a government-run system could lead to delays in getting care or higher taxes, support plunged to 26% and 37%, respectively.

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Medicare-for-all" makes a good first impression, but support plunges when people are asked if they'd pay higher taxes or put up with treatment delays to get it.

The survey, released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, comes as Democratic presidential hopefuls embrace the idea of a government-run health care system, considered outside the mainstream of their party until Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders made it the cornerstone of his 2016 campaign.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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