Fact-check: “Gallup polling says Medicare for all is not popular with people who have their own healthcare plans”
Verdict: Misleading (45% confidence)
Gallup data consistently shows Americans prefer private insurance over a government-run system (53-54% vs. 42-43% in recent years), and Gallup's own analysts found that reminders Medicare for All would eliminate private insurance make it 'much less palatable' — but Gallup does not appear to publish Medicare for All support broken down by whether respondents hold private insurance plans. The claim's core predicate — that Gallup specifically measured opposition among people 'with their own health…
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