I always find it interesting when American doctors opine on health care policy. I find it even more interesting when doctors opine on health care and fail to mention Medicare for All (M4A): a single-payer universal system that would cover everyone at no cost at the point of service and would cost less than our current system. This omission is particularly striking because Medicare for All is relatively popular across the political spectrum.

A YouGov poll from July 2025, shows 59 percent of respondents favoring the policy. According to polling cited recently by Representative Pramila Jayapal, 90 percent of Democrats, 60 percent of independents, and 20 percent of Republicans support the policy. Additionally, Pew polling from 2025 found that two-thirds of Americans think that the government has a responsibility to ensure that everyone has health care coverage.

This polling, combined with public outrage at health insurance companies in the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December of 2024, suggests that Americans are sick of the overpriced, cruel, and profit-driven health care system we have now and want a universal system.