A new poll says more Democrats agree with Hillary Clinton’s plan to expand upon Obamacare, and fewer are with Bernie Sanders, who wants to push for a single-payer system.
Democrats polled by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 54 percent support building on Obamacare, while about 33 percent want a single-payer system.
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The issue has become a flashpoint between Clinton and Sanders as they vie for delegates in their nomination contest. Clinton has warned several times that Sanders’ proposal to start over and create a single-payer system in which the government dominates the healthcare landscape is unreasonable, and would blow up the progress made under Obamacare.
The poll also shows that while Republican candidates have called for a repeal of the law, Republican voters have different ideas on what to do after that.
Among Republicans, 60 percent favor Obamacare repeal, and of that group, about 34 percent want it replaced and 26 percent do not.
The complete poll shows that 36 percent say lawmakers need to build on the Affordable Care Act, and that 24 percent want to move toward a single-payer system. About 16 percent want to repeal the law and not replace it, while 13 percent want it repealed and replaced with a Republican alternative.
The poll was conducted earlier this month among 1,202 people.