82,000 against? Did you mean to say 820 against it? Actually, 32% would be 640 against, so there must be some undecided in there, too. That survey is not 5 years old, it is being compared to an older survey. In 2002, 49% favored and 40% opposed; now in a survey that was just released last wee, 59% favor and 32% oppose universal health care. I agree with you that we need something to change, for sure. We pay twice as much per person for health care in this country as the average of the other industrialized countries, yet we rank 37th in results. We have shorter life expectancy, higher infant mortality rates, and more preventable deaths than most other industrialized countries. Why is that? We don't really have the best health care in the world here, just the most expensive. Certainly we have some very fine advanced medical procedures, but for day to day health care and preventive medicine, we lag way behind. No one should be denied needed medical care because of money.

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	birdiegrl	Apr 07, 2008 12:35AM GMTApril 07, 2008 00:35:28