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62% of Americans agree US government should ensure everyone has health coverage(www.commondreams.org)

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A Gallup poll shows 62% of Americans believe the government should ensure universal healthcare coverage—the highest support in over a decade.

While Democratic backing remains strong at 90%, support among Republicans and Independents has also grown since 2020.

Public frustration with the for-profit healthcare system has intensified following the arrest of a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly motivated by anger at the industry.

Recent controversies, including Anthem’s rollback of anesthesia coverage cuts, and debates over Medicare privatization highlight ongoing dissatisfaction with the system.

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squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world
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Sounds like 62% of Americans should have voted for the candidate that might have actually made that possible.

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BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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Might is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence.

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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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Its important to make incremental progress. Kamala was a standard dem like Joe. Still they are open to hearing good ideas; compared to Trump.

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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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Trump is open to hearing good ideas too. Problem is, “good” is highly subjective.

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iMastari@lemmy.world
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Bernie Sanders tried but did not get enough votes when he ran for president because the government paying for your healthcare is apparently bad for some reason.

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Skeezix@lemmy.world
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Its bad for profits. And since the government is run by people with a vested interest in profits, it wont change anytime soon. All the oligarchs have to do is convince enough rubes that universal healthcare is bad, and it will never see the light of day.

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Real change will come from house and senate.

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