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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:00 AM

Americans continue to support public option for healthcare

New polling indicates that Americans want a government option for health care, they just don't want to use it
Vincent Rossmeier

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  • Wednesday, July 1, 2009 08:58 AM

    28 percent is a LOT of people

    If the percentage of people open to a public option held nationally providing said option were made available, we're talking tens of millions of people. I don't have the data available, but what is the percentage of Americans who are either uninsured or underinsured? Perhaps this meshes well with that group.

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