Reply #116: Thank you -- 72% support Medicare-like program ... and it did rise to 76%+ ... [View All]

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and was still increasing at the time of the vote -- !!


Here: NYTimes, June 20, 2009: 72% support Medicare-like program for all
Posted by RainDog
This was a New York Times/CBS News poll.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/health/policy/21poll....

The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down health-care costs than the private sector.

The national telephone survey, which was conducted from June 12 to 16, found that 72 percent of those questioned supported a government-administered insurance plan — something like Medicare for those under 65 — that would compete for customers with private insurers. Twenty percent said they were opposed.

...Sixty-four percent said they thought the federal government should guarantee coverage, a figure that has stayed steady all decade. Nearly 6 in 10 said they would be willing to pay higher taxes to make sure that all were insured, with 4 in 10 willing to pay as much as $500 more a year.




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