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【社会人文】美国民众对全民保险将信将疑
BOSTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Americans are uncertain if a socialized medical system would be better or worse than the current system, a U.S. survey found.
Among those who say they have at least some understanding of socialized medicine -- any system of medical care that is publicly financed, government administered, or both -- 45 percent say it would be better, 39 percent say it would be worse, 12 percent do not know and 4 percent say about the same.
The poll, by the Harvard School of Public Health and Harris Interactive, found 60 percent believe that Medicare is socialized medicine, 47 percent feel that the veterans healthcare system is socialized medicine.
Fifty-five percent of younger adults ages 18 to 34 are more likely to view socialized medicine positively compared to seniors age 65 and older at 30 percent.
Nineteen percent of the uninsured think that a socialized medicine system would be worse than the current system compared to 57 percent who think it would be better.
The telephone survey of more than 1,000 adults was conducted twice, once in January and once in February has a sampling error of plus/minus 3 percentage points in 95 out of 100 cases.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/02/14/americans_unsure_about_socialized_medicine/9975/ 相关背景:
布什2009年预算从紧 削减医疗保险2000亿
【星岛网讯】美国一个高级政府官员星期四(1月31日)说,总统布什的2009年的预算将冷冻大部分国内项目,其中包括从联邦医疗保险计划中削减2000亿美金。官方说,布什的预算很有可能超过3万亿。
据美联社报道,布什将于下周二(2月5日)向国会递交2009年财政年的预算计划。布什计划从国家医疗保险计划中削减1780亿美金,这个数字比他去年提交的数字翻了近3倍。据悉,为了储备大部分的资金,医疗提供方的偿还利率将被冷冻3年,另外170亿将来自医疗补助项目,而这个项目计划为贫困美国家庭提供医疗保险,这个项目的资金将被削减5年。
这名匿名的官员称,国内项目的预算将和去年的预算大体相同。他说,预算的增长非常少。布什曾经保证提交一个在2012年之前消除预算赤字的计划。但根据这个预算,美国今年和明年的赤字将有4000亿。
一名政府官员表示说,国家医疗保险计划的预算将继续增长,但并不像原先设想的那样快,它将以5%的速度增长。专家警告说,政府应该解决商业医疗保险增加的问题,以节省资金用于其他重要项目。但是民主党人说,布什削减医疗提供者资金的预算目标是错误的,他们认为削减预算的目标应该是那些接受补助的保险公司。
众议院议长南希·波罗西(Nancy Pelosi)说,目前医疗费用上涨,无保险家庭数量在上升,越来越多的美国家庭感受到经济无安全保障,而总统再次建议削减老人和低收入工薪阶层美国人的医疗保险,这完全是错误的医疗政策。 [标签:content1][标签:content2]
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