Wide support for government health plan: poll

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Wide support for government health plan: poll

Sun Jun 21, 1:45 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans strongly support fundamental changes to the

healthcare system and a move to create a government-run insurance plan to

compete with private insurers, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll

published on Saturday...

But the Times/CBS poll found 85 percent of respondents wanted major healthcare

reforms and most would be willing to pay higher taxes to ensure everyone had

health insurance. An estimated 46 million Americans currently have no coverage.

Seventy-two percent of those questioned said they backed a

government-administered insurance plan similar to Medicare for those under 65

that would compete for customers with the private sector. Twenty percent said

they were opposed...

The poll found that people were uneasy about heightened government involvement

in the healthcare sector, with 77 percent saying they were very or somewhat

satisfied with the quality of their own care.

A total of 895 adults participated in the telephone survey, which was conducted

from June 12 to 16 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage

points.

http://news./s/nm/us_usa_healthcare_poll