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⌃ Latest Polling Insights Issues Additional Resources Newsletter About Support Our Work Back All Polling Briefs Reports Back All Issues Climate Economy Education Electoral Politics Family Care Foreign Policy Health Care Immigration Judiciary LGBTQ+ Rights Social Justice State & Local Polling Voting Rights & Democracy Workers' Rights Back What is Data for Progress? Narrative Change Who We Are Our Methodology Media Contact Jobs Latest Polling All Polling Briefs Reports Insights Issues All Issues Climate Economy Education Electoral Politics Family Care Foreign Policy Health Care Immigration Judiciary LGBTQ+ Rights Social Justice State & Local Polling Voting Rights & Democracy Workers' Rights Additional ResourcesNewsletter About What is Data for Progress? Narrative Change Who We Are Our Methodology Media Contact Jobs Support Our Work VOTERS STRONGLY SUPPORT EXPANDING MEDICARE COVERAGE AND LOWERING THE ELIGIBILITY AGE By Lew Blank This week, Senator Bernie Sanders made the case to President Biden that he should include two policies to expand Medicare in his 2024 platform: lowering the eligibility age and including dental, vision, and hearing coverage. Our polling has long found that proposed expansions to Medicare are highly popular with voters. A Data for Progress survey from 2023 found that 65% of voters want to increase Medicare funding while just 2% want to cut it — the third-best margin among all government programs we tested. In a new survey, we find that voters across party lines support both proposals from Sanders. Ninety-two percent of voters — including overwhelming margins of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans — support expanding Medicare to provide dental, vision, and hearing benefits. This is a notable increase from our 2021 poll of the same question, which found 83% support for this policy. Since 2021, support has risen 10 points among Independents and 13 points among Republicans. Additionally, 65% of voters support lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 — a policy that Biden campaigned on in 2020 and proposed in the FY 2022 federal budget. This includes majorities of Democrats (79%), Independents (62%), and Republicans (54%). Support for lowering the Medicare eligibility age has also risen since our 2021 poll of the same question, including a 9-point bump among Independents. These results demonstrate that voters, including Independents and Republicans, solidly back proposals to expand Medicare eligibility and coverage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lew Blank (@LewBlank)is the communications strategist at Data for Progress. SURVEY METHODOLOGY Timothy BresnahanJanuary 12, 2024Healthcare Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 Reddit 0 Likes Previous D.C. VOTERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES, INCLUDING USING THE RFK STADIUM SITE FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES Abby SpringsJanuary 16, 2024State-level Polling Next VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A REPEAT OF THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION AND OTHER THREATS TO DEMOCRACY Abby SpringsJanuary 10, 2024Elections, Democracy GET DATA FOR PROGRESS DELIVERED Subscribe to our newsletter to get our latest updates, reports, and analysis so you’ll never miss a memo. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy and do not tolerate spam. We will never sell or give away your information to anyone without your consent. © Data for Progress 2023 Quick Links Latest Polling Issues Newsletter About Support Our Work Contact Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions