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The Hill: 62% of Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup
The Hill - More Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup
by Lauren Irwin - 12/09/24 10:51 AM ET
Sixty-two percent of Americans say it’s the federal government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health care coverage, a survey from Gallup found.
The figure is the highest it’s been in more than a decade. It slipped to its low of 42 percent in 2013, during the difficult rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as ObamaCare.
It was at its highest in 2006, when 69 percent of Americans believed health care should be covered by the government.
Gallup noted that from 2000 to 2008, a majority of Americans consistently believed the government should ensure its citizens have health care coverage. As then-President Obama began to introduce the ACA, support for the idea shifted, and Americans became divided over the issue.
Public opinion shifted back, and most Americans saw coverage as the governments’ issue in the later years of Obama’s presidency, Gallup said.
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by Lauren Irwin - 12/09/24 10:51 AM ET
Sixty-two percent of Americans say it’s the federal government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health care coverage, a survey from Gallup found.
The figure is the highest it’s been in more than a decade. It slipped to its low of 42 percent in 2013, during the difficult rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as ObamaCare.
It was at its highest in 2006, when 69 percent of Americans believed health care should be covered by the government.
Gallup noted that from 2000 to 2008, a majority of Americans consistently believed the government should ensure its citizens have health care coverage. As then-President Obama began to introduce the ACA, support for the idea shifted, and Americans became divided over the issue.
Public opinion shifted back, and most Americans saw coverage as the governments’ issue in the later years of Obama’s presidency, Gallup said.
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