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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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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wish granted. $100k deductible for all. GiGa subsidies for insurance corporations.

"We did it Patrick, we did Healthcare reform!" - democrats probably

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

What was that figure like before that fella got shot?

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago

What % of Congress agrees? There's lots of stuff the public wants that Congress doesn't get lobbied to get. Health insurance companies spent $113 million on lobbying Congress JUST in 2024. Until the public can pony up that kind of money, Congress is going to listen to their masters.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Also an important statistic left out of the summary: support among Republicans has grown to 32%

(which is still a hilariously low number, of course)

edit: I was curious so I checked the data in the source of the article, and I had ChatGPT do the math, and it came up with this: (0.33x0.9) + (0.25 x 0.32) + (0.42x0.65) = 62% support = 33% democrats, 25% republicans, 42% independants. That seems about right, even though the latest presidential elections didn't indicate that, oof.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, we are gonna be mere "poll numbers" forever and nothing will be done.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Too bad they did not vote that way cause who knows how many are going to lose coverage in the coming years.

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