'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Voters in Michigan are increasingly drawn to 'Medicare for All' proposals as they struggle with rising medical debt and high insurance deductibles. A recent KFF poll indicates that support for expanding government-funded healthcare is at its highest level in a decade.
Why it matters
The rising cost of healthcare is becoming a central issue for voters, potentially influencing the political landscape and policy debates in upcoming elections.
Christina Starks-Clay doesn't know how "Medicare for All" would work exactly, but she's willing to bet it'd be better than what she has now.
This story was produced in partnership with KFF Health News .
While standing in line for a Sept. 11 town hall for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Lansing, she whipped out her phone and pulled up a screenshot.
It was of the $1,000 cashier's check she'd picked up at the bank that day to pay down a chunk of her son's dental bills.
Starks-Clay, an early childhood special education paraprofessional, still owed the dentist $389, even with good dental insurance. Her own cleaning a few weeks before had cost $600.
She tried to talk herself down at the bank, to focus on being grateful for what she could afford.
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