Nearly Half Of Americans Support Single-Payer

The chart above represents the public's current feeling about a single-payer health care system (Medicare for All). It is from a new Rasmussen Poll -- done on September 12th and 13th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely voters, with a margin of error of 3 points.

It is both good news and bad news. The good news is that support for a single-payer health care system is growing, and now encompasses nearly half of the population (48%). The bad news is that 48% support is not enough to convince most of our politicians to pursue a path to single-payer.

I think it will take at least 60% to get Congress to take single-payer seriously. That means there is still a lot of work to be done by supporters of the concept.