3 healthcare policy views that haven’t changed during the pandemic

While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought several health-related changes to Americans’ lives, some of their long-held beliefs surrounding healthcare haven’t changed, according to a survey from the Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape Project cited by USA Today

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Here are three healthcare policy views that haven’t changed during the pandemic, according to the survey that fielded answers from more than 6,300 Americans between April 29 and May 6: 

1. Roughly half (51 percent) of Americans surveyed said they agree that government-run healthcare should be provided to all residents, down one percentage point from February. 

2. Sixty-three percent of Americans said they agree health insurance should be subsidized for low-income people who aren’t in Medicare or Medicaid programs. That’s only down two percentage points from February.

3. Opinions haven’t changed widely by party line either. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats said all Americans should receive government-run health insurance, up from 68 percent in February. Thirty percent of Republicans said the same in the most recent survey, compared with 33 percent in February. 

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