Poll: Majority of Californians support single payer healthcare

In a new poll, a slim majority of Californians said they'd let go of their private health insurance in favor of a single payer universal healthcare system, with only 28 percent opposed.

By a 23 point margin, Californians are in favor of replacing their private health insurance system with single payer healthcare. Enact Universal Healthcare for California (EUHC4CA) conducted the poll, which tallied 51% in support versus 28% opposed.

"Californians are not only prepared to pay for single payer's installation, they want to shut down and renovate the entire system. Legislators, take note: The healthcare rebellion is here," said Dale Fountain, Chairperson/CEO of EUHC4CA.

A previous poll showed 61% of Californians supported tax increases for single payer.

Vice Chairperson Michael Saucedo was quoted as saying, "It's not surprising that Californians know what they want, and they're angry that nothing's being done."

In January, EUHC4CA released its Soft Single Payer proposal for California, which costs the state less than half a percent of other single payer proposals, no tax increases, and provides tuition and retirement assistance to doctors and nurses.

EUHC4CA is the largest single payer organization in California with over 117,000 supporters within the state.

Enact Universal Healthcare for California partnered with Google Surveys to ask one question: "Do you support replacing the private health insurance system in California with a single payer system, in which all residents not on Medicare would get health insurance from the state?"

The February 8-10, 2019 poll had a sample size of 2,208 adult Californians with a 2% margin of error.