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Arizona State University’s poll also showed that support for healtuh care reform is highestamong middle-agre respondents. Close to two-thirds of those ages 31 to 44 and 61 percentt of those ages 45 to 60said “a greaty deal of reform” is Fewer than 10 percent in these two age categories indicatedr “no reform” is needed at all. Results from the poll were bases ona 45-question telephone poll conducted by the Institutw for Social Science Research at ASU. The poll asked 501 adult residentxin Arizona, Nevada, New Mexici and Texas their opinions on several issues, includinh health care costs and quality, electronic medical records and the On the question of the U.S.
governmenf guaranteeing health insurance forall Americans, even if it meantg raising taxes, support was highest among younger respondents, whild 42 percent of respondents age 61 and olde said they are “strongly opposed.” Specifically, 53 percent of all the respondentas “strongly” or “somewhat” favored the U.S. governmenr guaranteeing health insurance. That figure jumped to 61 percentf for those ages 18 to 30 and decreasedc amongolder respondents.
On the subject of healtuh coverage, 89 percent of those polled said they are coverer byhealth insurance, a health plan provided by their employer, a government program like Medicard or Medicaid, or somethinvg else. Of those who had healthg coverage, 72 percent indicated they are or “somewhat” concerned that costs will increase in the next Respondents also were asked to evaluate health care – in this country and in their community.
Older respondents (ages 61 and and males rated the quality of health care in this countryuas “excellent” or “good” – 53 percenrt and 46 percent respectively more often than younger respondent (ages 18 to 44) and females – 36 percent and 35 percenf respectively. The Arizona State University-Southwest Poll was conductesd by telephone March 30 toMay 10. The results from the full survehy have a margin of sampling errord of plus or minus 4percentages points.