The results are based on Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare survey, conducted Nov. 6-20. The same poll finds fewer Americans than in the recent past rating U.S. healthcare coverage and quality positively.
Between 2000 and 2008, consistent majorities of Americans believed the government should make sure all people in the U.S. have health coverage. That changed during Barack Obama’s presidency, as he worked with a Democratic Congress to pass the ACA (also known as “Obamacare”) to increase health coverage in the U.S., sparking opposition by some Americans to a larger government role in healthcare.
By 2009, U.S. adults were divided on whether the government was responsible for ensuring healthcare coverage for all Americans, and from 2012 through 2014, majorities did not believe the government should have that role, as support among independents and Republicans waned. Public opinion shifted back to seeing healthcare access as a government responsibility in the latter years of Obama’s presidency, and this has been the prevailing view since.
More recently, agreement that the government has a responsibility to ensure healthcare coverage for all Americans has increased among independents and Republicans. […]
Pain can be a great motivator for change in our private and collective lives. Since we seem to be on an unstoppable slide into the trumpian hell realms might as well gain the benefits of the trip. Bernie had it right all along and after four years maybe enough Americans will see Medicare for All is the best and only answer and will add dental, vision and hearing to the benefit list. There are lot of insurance employees, less after AI, who will need employment assistance.