Single-Payer Support Monitor
Chart of Americans’ Support
The Response to the Will of the People is seen at the Support Monitor section of this web site.
Source of information for bar graph:
9 – Associated Press - Yahoo [with link to pdf] — 65% — Dec 2007
— Question ISS14. The United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers: 65% yes; 34% no; 2% refused / not answered
8 – Associated Press - Yahoo [with link to pdf] — 54% — Dec 2007
— Question ISS15. Do you consider yourself a supporter of a single-payer health care system, that is a national health plan financed by taxpayers in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan, or not?: 54% yes; 44% no; 2% refused / not answered
7 – Los Angeles Times / Bloomberg [pdf] — 53% — Oct 2007
— Create a government-run, government-financed health insurance program that would cover all Americans: 53% agree, 36% disagree, 11% don’t know.
6 —- CBS News Poll — 55% — Sept 2007
— one health insurance program covering all Americans that would be
administered by the government and paid for by taxpayers (55%); keeping the
current system where many people get their insurance from private
employers and some have no insurance (29%); not sure (9%)
5 – CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll — 64% — May 2007
— “Do you think the government should provide a national health insurance
program for all Americans, even if this would require higher taxes?”
4 —- National Small Business Association — 60% — Mar 2007
— federally-funded, government administered health care system financed through taxes in which everyone has health care coverage for all medically necessary treatment and procedures
3 —- The New York Times / CBS News[pdf] — 64% — Feb 2007
— federal government should guarantee health insurance for all
2 —- The New York Times / CBS News[pdf] — 47% — Feb 2007
— one health insurance program for all administered by the government vs. 38% keep current system where many people get their insurance from private employers and some have no insurance
1 —- The New York Times / CBS News[pdf] — 95% — Feb 2007
— serious problem that many Americans do not have health insurance