Americans Want Government in Health Care

The public continues to embrace strong government involvement in the health care system.

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Findings from the recently released American Values Survey conducted by Penn Schoen Berland for The Atlantic Monthly and the Aspen Institute indicate that the public continues to embrace strong government involvement in the health care system.

With the Affordable Care Act firmly in place, 69 percent of the public still endorses government responsibility for health care coverage, while 31 percent are opposed.

When the public was asked whether the government should exert more influence over America’s health care system to bring down costs and provide health care coverage, 54 percent agreed, compared to 44 percent who endorsed the idea that government involvement should decrease and that the system should be more free-market oriented.

For more on this topic, please see:

Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Still Backs Government Role in Health Care by Ruy Teixeira

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