{"id":2704230,"date":"2026-11-13T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpoll-most-democrat-voters-oppose-socialized-medicine\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T08:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:49:44","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpoll-most-democrat-voters-oppose-socialized-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpoll-most-democrat-voters-oppose-socialized-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most Democrat Voters Oppose Socialized Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpoll-most-democrat-voters-oppose-socialized-medicine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen.Bernie Sanders claims two-thirds support single-payer, but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >polls show backing drops<\/a> when drawbacks are explained. Many supporters think they\u2019d keep private plans, though Sanders\u2019 proposals would eliminate private insurance and reshape Medicare. A Third Way poll of likely Democratic primary voters finds only 29% want a total overhaul; 83% are satisfied with current coverage. Voters fear a future Republican could control reproductive care and vaccines (82% concerned) and worry about long transitions, higher taxes, and disrupted coverage. Third Way\u2019s public-option push, critics say, could steer the system toward socialized medicine.-Chris Jacobs  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., likes to claim that two-thirds of voters support his single-payer scheme for socialized health care. However, even a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/24\/how-leftist-think-tanks-twist-facts-to-manipulate-congress-on-obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leftist think tank<\/a> like KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation) has found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/current-and-historical-public-opinion-on-medicare-for-all-and-other-national-health-plan-proposals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">purported support is malleable<\/a> \u2014 opposition grows as soon as pollsters point out potential drawbacks of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: a whopping 70 percent of single-payer <em>supporters<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/current-and-historical-public-opinion-on-medicare-for-all-and-other-national-health-plan-proposals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told KFF in September<\/a> they considered it \u201clikely they personally would be able to keep their current insurance\u201d under \u201cMedicare for All.\u201d However, Sanders\u2019 legislation would <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/01\/31\/kamala-harris-reveals-medicare-means-ending-private-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban all private health insurance<\/a> \u2014 and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sanders-proposes-medicare-for-none-1516233970?msockid=13b3c291829f61711db3d019869f6fb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abolish Medicare<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a recent poll released by a Democratic group of likely Democratic primary voters shows that they have strong reservations about socialized medicine. It reinforces the belief that the only thing bipartisan about Bernie Sanders\u2019 plan is the opposition to it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Like Their Current Coverage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Days after the midterm elections, the \u201cmoderate\u201d Democrat group Third Way released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdway.org\/memo\/poll-dem-primary-voters-want-a-health-care-revolution-just-not-the-one-you-think\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memo<\/a> summarizing an October poll of likely 2028 Democratic primary voters on health care. Unfortunately, Third Way didn\u2019t release the poll questions and results in their entirety, but the excerpts show strong misgivings about Sanders\u2019 radical overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, fewer than one in three respondents (29 percent) say \u201cthe health care system needs to be completely scrapped and rebuilt,\u201d as the Sanders bill would do. A plurality (46 percent) believe the \u201csystem needs major improvements but not a complete overhaul,\u201d with a smaller percentage (20 percent) saying the system \u201cneeds some improvements but works reasonably well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even more surprising: more than four in five respondents (83 percent) are satisfied with their current health coverage. Remember, this poll contains responses only from <em>Democrats<\/em>. Remember too that the Sanders bill, by definition, would abolish nearly all existing forms of health coverage, notwithstanding Democrats\u2019 overwhelming support for their current plan.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Major Drawbacks for Democrats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Third Way poll also explored Democrats\u2019 potential concerns regarding a single-payer system. Top of the list stood an unsurprising response from a party that has loudly and vocally opposed both President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. since they took office:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The most concerning criticism was that a future Republican president could gain control over decisions affecting reproductive care, vaccines, and other medical treatments. An overwhelming 82 percent of Democratic primary voters considered this a serious concern, including 52 percent who said it was very serious. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other concerns spoke to the upheaval that such a radical policy change might inflict on the health care system:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Two-thirds (66 percent) expressed serious concerns that transitioning to Medicare for All could take years, delaying relief for families struggling with health care costs today. Nearly as many were concerned about higher taxes and government spending (64 percent) and the disruption of replacing existing health coverage (61 percent).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a whole, the polling results reinforce a policy truism: while voters don\u2019t like what it costs, most people are satisfied by the health care they receive \u2014 and worried that making major changes could only make things worse. Which, in the case of Sanders\u2019 bill, they would.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Big Government Agenda<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>But for conservatives, the news from Third Way\u2019s memo isn\u2019t all positive. The group conducted the poll and published the memo in an attempt to sell voters on its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdway.org\/memo\/americans-deserve-a-health-care-bill-of-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health care agenda<\/a>, including the creation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xavier-becerra-is-no-moderate\/\" title=\"Xavier Becerra Is No Moderate\">government-run health plan<\/a>. With Third Way promoting this so-called \u201cpublic option\u201d as a default method of enrollment for people with no other health plan, people would soon have few other \u201coptions\u201d for coverage. It\u2019s another way of getting to socialized medicine, just via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/mainstream-democrats-quietly-push-for-single-payer-fdc43855\">slightly more circuitous route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the polling results show deep unease for Democrats\u2019 radical agenda even among the party base. It\u2019s another reason why conservatives must make the case as to how these proposals for yet more government involvement in health care will only make the problems that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/01\/like-trump-elizabeth-warren-believes-obamacare-sucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obamacare exacerbated<\/a> even worse.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want a full paraphrase of the whole piece or a 55-character version of the opening line? Here\u2019s a 55-character paraphrase of the opening sentence:<\/p>\n<p>Sanders claims two-thirds back his single-payer plan.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can paraphrase the entire excerpt in a concise summary or provide a longer paraphrase line-by-line. Here\u2019s a brief gist of the piece: It argues Sanders\u2019s claim of broad support for single-payer is unstable once drawbacks are highlighted; a Democratic poll shows Democrats wary of a sweeping overhaul, with concerns about costs, taxes, and government reach, suggesting a preference to maintain current coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":2704231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/35539963605_3e8f1b7822_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3685,4606,4326,5894,15698],"class_list":["post-2704230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-democrats","tag-healthcare","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-polling"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/35539963605_3e8f1b7822_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704235,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704230\/revisions\/2704235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}