[hedora]

No, the problem is that the actions of the federal government aren't even correlated to public opinion any more.

When Obamacare was passed, 70% of the population wanted Medicare for all instead:

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412545-70-...

In 2020, 54% supported single payer health care:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-... overage/

I can't find any post-covid polls, but states are currently trying to step in and implement it locally. Don't hold your breath.

Edit: the medicare for all poll was under trump

[Sohcahtoa82]

I literally linked those two polls just yesterday, hah [0]. Did you see my comment, or did you just happen to do a similar search and get those results?

As I mention in my other comment, I speculate the possibility that people think "Single payer" and "Medicare For All" are different things [1] and so report a different opinion on each, similar to how the ACA was viewed MUCH more favorably than ObamaCare despite one being the nickname for the other.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31755822

[1] ACKSHUALLY, single-payer doesn't HAVE to be simply expanding Medicare to everyone. It could be done in some other way, but the core idea of the government paying for everyone's healthcare is still the same.

[s1artibartfast]

There is a fair bit of data on this and most of the difference is around prohibiting of private supplemental insurance.

Medicare is generally understood to work with supplemental insurance. Single Payer is often marketed as a prohibiting supplemental insurance.

The whole topic is disgusting, particularly the rejection of opt-in Medicare at cost by both sides.

This rejection is hypocritical to everything either party claims to stand for.

[hedora]

Similar search. Duck Duck Go, fwiw.