Americans Want More Health Care Investment by Government

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Americans Want More Health Care Investment
March 25, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States believe their federal administration is not doing enough to help them with the cost of medical services, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 70 per cent of respondents think the government spends too little on health care.

Polling Data
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Do you think the government spends too much, too little or the right amount on health care?

Too much                       11%

Too little                         70%

Right amount                 11%

Don’t know / Refused      8%


Do you think the average American spends too much, too little or the right amount on health care?

Too much                       65%

Too little                        17%

Right amount                 12%

Don’t know / Refused      6%


Source: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,405 American adults, conducted from Mar. 8 to Mar. 12, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.