Support for Medicare-like long-term care program U.S. 2021

According to the data, the percentage has increased from 51 percent in 2013 to 60 percent in 2021. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older that would support a government-sponsored long-term care insurance program similar to Medicare from 2013 to 2021.

Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older that supported a government sponsored long-term insurance plan similar to Medicare from 2013 to 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
2021	60%
2018	70%
2017	70%
2016	53%
2015	59%
2014	58%
2013	51%

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2018 and 2021

Age group

40 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: To help Americans prepare for the costs of ongoing living assistance, would you favor, oppose or neither favor nor oppose each of the following? A government-administered long-term care insurance program, similar to Medicare.
Data taken from multiple version of the same sources. There were no reports published between 2018 and 2021.

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