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Survey: Majority Of Wisconsinites Favor Universal Health Care
Half Of Respondents Say Costs Of Health Care Are Problematic
UPDATED: 11:25 am CDT May 6,
2008
MADISON, Wis. -- A majority of Wisconsin residents said in a new poll that they favor a universal health care system run by the state government.Sixty-one percent of those who responded to the University of Wisconsin Survey Center's Badger Poll said that they favor replacing the current health care system with one that covers everyone and is run entirely by the state.Half of those polled said that the costs of health care are extremely problematic. Another 45 percent of respondents said the state's health care system has major problems.The random poll of 521 people released on Tuesday was conducted between April 15 and April 24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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