Surveys indicate more interest in single payer healthcare

Kaiser Health News reported on a survey of over 1,000 physicians that found that the majority of respondents support single-payer healthcare. The article notes that a minority of surveyed physicians supported single-payer healthcare in 2008. If these surveys are representative of physicians nationally, they mark a significant shift in attitudes of the medical community, which has historically strongly opposed certain government involvement in healthcare.

In other news, Vox reported on a seemingly corresponding change in the attitudes of Americans in general towards single-payer healthcare. The article notes that although the popularity of the Affordable Care Act only rose 5%, the recent legislative attempts to repeal it may have ironically strengthened the public's support for government plans such as Medicaid. National single-payer healthcare in America still seems reasonably distant, but the topic is likely to surface in future elections.