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Americans Want Overhaul Of Health System: Survey
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Davis, president of the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, which commissioned the survey. Both major presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, have pledged to address problems with the U.S. health system. About 47 million Americans do not have insurance. In the poll, which surveyed a random sample of 1,004 U.S. adults in May, 32 percent agreed the system needed complete rebuilding, while 50 percent thought it required fundamental change. MORE... Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN07490416200...

Time For A Change
Suburban Guerrilla — Are you listening, Democrats? CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than 80 percent of Americans think the U.S. health system needs either fundamental change or a complete overhaul, according to a survey released on Thursday. Access to care, better coordination between different health providers and better flow of health information were among their chief complaints, the Harris Interactive poll found — just as another poll found that health insurance costs have doubled for Americans since 1996. “It’s clear that our health care system ...