One in Four Republicans Unsure if Medicare is a Government Program

This Research 2000/Daily Kos poll sheds light on one of the strange phenomena of the health care debate; conservatives worrying that the government will “get its hands on” Medicare.

Is Medicare a government program or not?

Yes No Not sure
Dem  89    7    4 
Rep  76   14   10 
Ind  83    8    9

It comes from a poll in which, as we noted yesterday, substantial numbers of Southerners and Republicans believe that the Democrats’ health care plans include a “death panel” to eliminate the weak.