From students’ opinions on health care as a human right to the United States implementing universal health care, here are this week’s top college student insights.
Universal Health Care
The pandemic reignited a debate over universal health care in the United States. A College Pulse survey of 650 undergraduates conducted in April found that three-quarters (75%) of college students believe health care is a human right. About 1 in 6 (16%) students don’t believe health care is a human right, and 9% are not sure.
Students on different sides of the political spectrum don’t see eye to eye on this. College Democrats are three times more likely than college Republicans to say health care is a human right (91% vs. 28%). Almost half (48%) of Republican students say health care is not a human right and one-quarter (24%) are not sure.
Two-thirds (66%) of students overall say they strongly support the United States implementing universal health care that guarantees affordable access to health services and 14% somewhat support the proposal. Just 15% of students somewhat or strongly oppose universal health care, while 4% are not sure. Democrats are almost four times more likely than college Republicans to either strongly or somewhat support universal health care (97% vs. 26%).
Would you support or oppose the United States implementing universal health care that guarantees affordable access to health services?
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Methodology: All surveys were designed and conducted by College Pulse. Interviews were conducted among a sample of full-time and part-time students attending colleges or universities in the U.S. who are part of College Pulse’s American College Student Panel.
