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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system.
Every other comparably wealthy country has some version of universal healthcare, and none of them would trade their systems for the wasteful and haphazard US system, writes Eagan Kemp of @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
— Common Dreams (@commondreams.org) 2026-01-17T12:59:41.357261Z
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One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system. (Original Post)
applegrove
18 hrs ago
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Fiendish Thingy
(22,207 posts)1. Yup, America is a progressive nation on most issues
Even a large portion of republicans and conservatives want MFA.
Anxy
(91 posts)2. Then they vote for Trump twice.
Great way to get Medicare for All, America.
leftstreet
(38,989 posts)3. DURec
Arazi
(8,741 posts)4. The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle
Too late for many Americans who will needlessly die this year (and over the next few years) but I hope this will save people someday in the future
(Bernie was right)
Buckeyeblue
(6,226 posts)5. But will 65% of the people vote to move the needle?