(Community Word, December 2014)

Expanding Medicare and making it available to people younger than 65 is favored by most Americans, according to a recent New York Times/CBS poll. Expansion was favored by 59 percent of respondents.

However, despite that positive endorsement, support dropped when the wording was changed and people were asked about a single-payer health care system for all Americans with coverage from one government plan paid for by tax payers. Worded that way, support dropped to 43 percent.