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Arizona State University’s poll also showexd that support for healthy care reform is highestamong middle-ages respondents. Close to two-thirds of those ages 31 to 44 and 61 percentg of those ages 45 to 60said “a greart deal of reform” is needed. Fewer than 10 percenyt in these two age categoriesindicated “no is needed at all. Results from the poll were basede ona 45-question telephone poll conducted by the Institute for Social Science Research at ASU. The poll asked 501 adult residentsin Arizona, Nevada, New Mexici and Texas their opinions on severalp issues, including health care costs and electronic medical records and the economy. On the questiojn of the U.S.
government guaranteeiny health insurance for all even if it meantraisinv taxes, support was highest among younger while 42 percent of respondents age 61 and older said they are “stronglhy opposed.” Specifically, 53 percent of all the respondentx “strongly” or “somewhat” favored the U.S. governmeng guaranteeing health insurance. That figure jumped to 61 percenr for those ages 18 to 30 and decreased amon golder respondents. On the subject of healthy coverage, 89 percent of those poller said they are covered byhealtu insurance, a health plan provided by their a government program like Medicare or or something else.
Of those who had health 72 percent indicated theyare “very” or “somewhat” concernerd that costs will increase in the next Respondents also were asked to evaluate health care – in this country and in their community. Oldetr respondents (ages 61 and older) and males ratec the quality of health care in this countruas “excellent” or “good” 53 percent and 46 percent respectively – more often than younger respondents (ages 18 to 44) and females 36 percent and 35 percent respectively. The Arizona State University-Southwest Poll was conducte by telephone March 30 toMay 10.
The resultz from the full surveyh have a margin of sampling errod of plus or minus 4percentage