Whoa. Get these folks some Che t-shirts. In their defense, a lot of these people are of the "get your government hands off my Medicare," "Democrats want to raid Medicare to pay for socialism" variety. The ones who say they support ACA but hate Obamacare.Two weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, 52 percent of Republicans told a HillTV/HarrisX poll that they support expanding Medicare to all Americans, a proposal mostly famously promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The other 48 percent of Republicans opposed the idea, the poll found. The 'Medicare for all' idea was unsurprisingly more popular among Democrats (92 percent support) and independents (68 percent support). Overall, 70 percent of Americans supported expanding Medicare to everyone, including 42 percent who strongly favored the idea.
On a positive note, I think this is the one issue that can end a lot of the polarization, because it exposes people to the idea that the people they vote for are complete frauds that don't have their well being in mind. "I support protecting those with pre-existing conditions" said the politician who spent the past decade doing everything in their power to stop the protection of those with pre-existing conditions. Normally I'd say people will continue to eat up the bullsh!t as they always have, but I think we've past the point where it's untenable. Healthcare spending is simply extracting too much. Too many people are being placed in dire financial situations because someone got sick, and are realizing it doesn't have to be that way.
I think it's the type of issue that, once that dam inevitably breaks, could lead to less polarization in other areas of wide common support. Like environmental policy.
It's a small bright spot where I can actually imagine things getting better instead of worse.
