new poll

A polling memo highlighted by Crain’s New York Business confirms what we’ve been saying all along: Single-Payer healthcare is a losing issue for Democrats.

Here are the takeaways:

• A 54% majority outright oppose it
• 66% have major doubts about such a system when confronted with the fiscal facts
• 64% express major concerns about having Albany politicians in charge of a government run single-payer healthcare system
• 61% express major concerns regarding patient outcomes under a single-payer system
• 60% express major concern regarding the ability to keep their current doctor or specialist under a single-payer system

In competitive House districts across the state, crowded Democratic primary fields have forced nearly every candidate to embrace the radical proposal. These numbers should send a chill down their spines.