By the next night, the question in the Democratic Party was all but settled. [Tom Perez tries to remake the Democratic Party apparatus. Last year’s midterm strategy focused on what party leaders viewed as a sensibly moderate message designed to attract centrist voters. When the same people were told that a Medicare-for-all plan would raise taxes and eliminate private health insurance, support fell to 37 percent. Most people surveyed under the age of 65 with private health insurance falsely believed they would keep their coverage under the proposal.

Source: Washington Post June 30, 2019 16:33 UTC