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65 million Americans are on Medicaid. (Precise number is in PDF linked by the article.)
49 million are on Medicare.
So 36% of us are on one of two socialized insurance plans already.
Edit to add: plus 9 million in the NHS-like VA system, bringing Americans on government-run or -paid health care up to 39%. Granted the VA has some recently infamous flaws. Could get some more by counting Indians (but they get screwed) or government employees (but that might be indirect enough to not count.) 2.7 million federal employees, that's about 0.85% of the population, though dependents might take that to 2% of Americans getting government health care that way.
49 million are on Medicare.
So 36% of us are on one of two socialized insurance plans already.
Edit to add: plus 9 million in the NHS-like VA system, bringing Americans on government-run or -paid health care up to 39%. Granted the VA has some recently infamous flaws. Could get some more by counting Indians (but they get screwed) or government employees (but that might be indirect enough to not count.) 2.7 million federal employees, that's about 0.85% of the population, though dependents might take that to 2% of Americans getting government health care that way.