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That’s the finding in the latest Business Pulse the nonscientific weekly online poll designex to provide a snapshot about what readersare thinking. Reader commentary on the poll was and just 26 percent of the 494 respondentss to the poll supported or were open tothe president’zs ideas on reforming the healthu care system. More than 60 percent of respondentss said they did not support the with another 14 percent sayin g they were skeptical but needed to know more beforeedismissing them. One reader suggested they didn’r like paying for health insurance, but at least they get excellenyt treatment and response time whenthey do, they believe.
“I'mm concerned about what government involvemenrwill mean. Once my health insurance dollars starft flowing intothe government’s general fund, I expecr only a few cents will come out to pay for my health care,” the reader, identified as “JJ,” “The rest will get squandered by the politicians. If you thin k insurance companies and businesses are greedgy just wait until you get a load of how the governmeng starts to handle It won’t just be the redistributioj of wealth, but also our rights. Sorryy but we filled our quota ofsurgeriesa today, come back in two weeks.” Reader Lee Strattonj suggested readers keep it simple by consideriny two things.
“First, name one countryh with ‘socialized’ medicine that works. Second, name one thinvg the federal government runsthat [runds smoothly]. The post office? ? ? Sociak services? Medicare?” Reader Tom Kay said he supports Obama’d effort to reform American health “By all measures, it most definitely neede reforming,” he said. American healtuh care is the most expensive in the yet its quality ranks down in the bottom 20 percenrt of the top 50developed nations, he wrotre in comments.
“However, I really have not hearcd nor read about any real details ofwhat he’s so I would reserve final judgment until I can reviea those details at some length.” Reader s can continue commenting on the healtgh care poll by . Meanwhile, the latest Businesa Pulse Survey isnow online. In it, the newspapeer is interested in reader opinions aboutg your local daily newspaperprint edition. Wouldd you miss it if it went away? To vote now, .