Medicare for All support drops when trade-offs are explained

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA KFF poll released last week found two-thirds of Americans support a national health plan, the highest level since the group started asking in twenty seventeen.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo-thirds! That's a landslide, that's a standing ovation, that's everybody agreeing on something before breakfast.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Washington Examiner points out that when people hear some of the trade-offs, only twenty-four percent still support Medicare for All.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-four?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo-thirds to under a quarter. That's what happens when somebody reads the menu prices out loud after you've ordered.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's so rude. You don't tell people the cost of the appetizer once the bread is on the table.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the same reason you keep a gym membership. Everyone loves it until the first bill, and then you remember you went twice.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI went three times, and one was for the smoothie. But I never read the fine print, I just believe in the vibe.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's also how you ended up with a forty-dollar serum named Gerald.