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Axios-Ipsos poll: Medicare for All support surges

Two-thirds of respondents, including half of Republicans, want Washington to spend more tax dollars cutting health care costs, three weeks before the midterms; consensus remains suspicious.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new Axios-Ipsos poll says supporters of Medicare for All now outnumber opponents by nearly two to one.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is outside a pharmacy to see who's still arguing.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside a pharmacy in the dark, Hank. The line behind me is already around the corner, with people holding paper cups and prescription slips.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe numbers are striking. Two-thirds of Americans surveyed, and half of Republicans, say the government should spend more tax dollars to lower health care costs.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHalf of Republicans. Two-thirds of everybody. That's a lot of agreement for a Tuesday.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered ceasefires with less consensus, Hank.

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSo I went looking for the opposition, and I'm telling you, the man at the front of this line just shrugged.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA shrug.

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA shrug, and then he said his copay is the real opposition. I'm filing that as a ceasefire.

  10. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe poll also lands three weeks before the midterm elections.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the one issue everyone agrees on is the one that costs everyone money. Did you find any dispute at all out there?

  12. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentExactly one.

  13. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentTwo women at the counter are fighting over who gets the good pen on the chain. It is the only unresolved conflict in America this morning.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBipartisan pen shortage. Brock, is there any weather out there that people agree on?

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The story so far

  1. Pharma lobby sues administration over Medicare drug price cuts · Reuters
  2. Humana Surges on Medicare Star Ratings Win · Reuters
  3. Humana's Top Contract Gets 4 Stars, Bonus Pay Unlocked · Benzinga
  4. Medicare Advantage Plans Shrink as Enrollment Opens · The New York Times
  5. Medicare Advantage Enrollment Opens as Insurers Drop Coverage · The New York Times
  6. Medicare for All support drops when trade-offs are explained · Washington Examiner
  7. Axios-Ipsos poll: Medicare for All support surges (this story)

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