此次调查还发现，公众对全国性医疗计划的看法极易受外界影响。周二发布的这项KFF民调显示，约三分之二的美国人支持全民医保的理念，这一比例创下了该政策研究机构10年来开展相关调查以来的新高。
The survey also found that the public’s views of a national health plan are highly malleable.
9月份对1328名成年人进行的调查还表明，随着民众接触到支持者和反对者提出的各种观点与论据，他们的态度也会随之改变——一旦围绕该议题展开公开辩论，公众立场很可能发生变动。
Roughly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of Medicare-for-all, according to a KFF poll released Tuesday, the highest share since the health policy research and news organization began polling on the idea 10 years ago.
例如，当受访者了解到全民医保可能导致医疗检查与治疗延迟、税收增加甚至危及现有医保体系时，支持率便出现下降；而当他们得知该计划能将医保视为一项基本权利、免除保费与自付费用后，支持率又随之上升。
But the public’s views are highly malleable as they hear competing claims and arguments from supporters and critics of the policy — and would be likely to shift amid any public debate on the topic, the poll of 1,328 adults in September showed.
从党派立场来看，这一深受进步派候选人推崇的全国性医疗计划仍是一个高度政治化的议题：约84%的民主党人及72%的无党派人士表示“强烈支持”或“较为支持”全民医保，而66%的共和党人则“强烈反对”或“较为反对”。
For instance: Support for a national health plan declined when people heard the arguments that it could lead to delays in medical tests and treatments and tax increases or threaten the current Medicare program. But support grew when those surveyed were told that it could make health insurance “a right” or eliminate premiums and cost-sharing.
展望11月的中期选举，由于医疗费用仍是民众最关心的议题之一，KFF民调发现医疗费用与汽油价格并列成为美国民众最担忧的经济问题。
Party matters: The idea of a national health plan, often favored by progressive candidates, is still a highly partisan issue. Roughly 84 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of independents said they “strongly favor” or “somewhat favor” Medicare-for-all, whereas 66 percent of Republicans “strongly oppose” or “somewhat oppose” it.
在应对医疗费用方面，民主党获得的民众信任度几乎是共和党的两倍。
Looking to the midterms: As affordability remains a major issue ahead of the November elections, the KFF poll found that health care costs and gas prices are tied as Americans’ top economic worries. Voters trust the Democratic Party more to handle health care costs by nearly 2 to 1 over the Republican Party.
与4月份时11个百分点的优势相比，9月份民主党在这一领域的领先优势已扩大至20个百分点。本次民调的误差范围为正负3个百分点。
Democrats’ edge on health care costs has risen from an 11-point advantage in April to a 20-point advantage in September. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.