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Two-thirds want health care help, but not Medicare for All

The New York Post reports polling in which only forty-three percent back a single government plan; the rest want help without losing the insurance they like.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 7:51 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “Two-thirds of Americans want government help with surging health care costs — but ‘Medicare for All’ isn’t it”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:51 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Medicare, Americans.
BBN covered this story before: Axios-Ipsos poll: Medicare for All support surges (October 13).

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New York PostTwo-thirds of Americans want government help with surging health care costs — but ‘Medicare for All’ isn’t it

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new poll reported by the New York Post finds two-thirds of Americans want government help with surging health care costs.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut only forty-three percent want Medicare for All, and two-thirds say they love their insurance.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo people love their insurance and want help paying for it. That is a relationship with real growth potential.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey love it the way I love my dentist.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly! Americans are saying, please rescue me, but gently, and without changing anything I currently complain about.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWithout the rescuer touching the rescue.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's the ultimate paradox, Hank. People want the problem solved, just not the solution.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe poll shows a country that agrees on one thing: nobody has ever finished reading their own medical bill.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI call that unity.