Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2019
Americans are still pretty happy with their private health insurance
9 December 2019 - Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren may not like private health insurance, but many Americans do.
Some 71% of Americans rate their private coverage as "excellent" or "good," according to the latest Gallup poll, released Monday.
The share has remained fairly constant in recent years, even though 2020 presidential candidates like Sanders and Warren have ramped up their attacks on the industry this year. Both are pushing "Medicare for All" proposals that would essentially eliminate private coverage and shift the country to a government-run health insurance system instead.
