
Sanders announced his Medicare for All bill on Wednesday, surrounded by co-sponsors including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sanders announced his Medicare for All bill on Wednesday, surrounded by co-sponsors including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
But polls show that Democratic voters' views are shifting away from incremental changes to the healthcare system, in which costs are higher than in any other industrialized country, and towards a universal healthcare system. According to Pew Research, 60 percent of Americans said in June that the federal government should make sure all Americans have health coverage, while 33 percent favored a single-payer healthcare approach--up 12 points since 2014.
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But polls show that Democratic voters' views are shifting away from incremental changes to the healthcare system, in which costs are higher than in any other industrialized country, and towards a universal healthcare system. According to Pew Research, 60 percent of Americans said in June that the federal government should make sure all Americans have health coverage, while 33 percent favored a single-payer healthcare approach--up 12 points since 2014.
But polls show that Democratic voters' views are shifting away from incremental changes to the healthcare system, in which costs are higher than in any other industrialized country, and towards a universal healthcare system. According to Pew Research, 60 percent of Americans said in June that the federal government should make sure all Americans have health coverage, while 33 percent favored a single-payer healthcare approach--up 12 points since 2014.