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Article: Benefits of Healthcare Reform a Tough Sell for Americans; Americans least confident that reform will benefit them personally.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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Byline: Frank Newport
Synopsis: Less than half of Americans (44%) believe that a new healthcare reform law would improve medical care in the U.S., while about a quarter (26%) say it would improve their own healthcare situation. Americans are also more likely to believe reform would increase rather than decrease costs nationally and personally.
PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-four percent of Americans believe a new healthcare reform law would improve medical care in the U.S., contrasted with 26% who say it would improve their personal medical care. Forty-seven percent of Americans believe reform will expand access to healthcare in the U.S., while 21% say it will ...
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