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Article: Most Americans Want Health Care for Everyone, Not Just 95 Percent
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 28, 1994
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Most Americans want a national health care
program to cover everyone, not just 95 percent of the people,
according to an Associated Press poll.
The poll was taken July 20-24, just after President Clinton's
suggestion _ quickly disavowed by the White House _ that "95
percent or upwards" might be enough to fit his definition of
universal coverage.
Seventy-four percent of those surveyed say the system should
give all Americans insurance that covers all necessary care.
Women, blacks, people born in the 1940s and those from lower
middle-class families are especially likely to support the idea.
However, the feeling that the health care system must be
changed has slipped, ...