Article: Poll: Public is on Health Ministry's side in dispute with Treasury

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Headline: Poll: Public is on Health Ministry's side in dispute with Treasury Byline: JUDY SIEGEL Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 02

Wednesday, July 16, 2003 -- Most of the public favors a small cut in health budgets and backs the Health Ministry's position on the hospital crisis rather than the Finance Ministry's. These are some of the results of a Geocartography poll conducted among 500 adults this week.

Forty-eight percent sided with the Health Ministry, which claims that additional cuts in the health system will endanger patients. Only 23% sided with the Treasury, which maintains that there is much waste in the system and that cuts must be made before the ...

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