February 6, 2009 
Since I very much believe in our capitalist society (even with all the mistakes that have taken us down this recession / depression path), I was a more than a little surprised that in a survey in yesterday’s USA Today 59% of the people surveyed thought government would do the same or better job than private health insurance companies.
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I searched USA Today and the Gallup Poll site and cannot find any survey that shows 59 percent of Americans believe the government would do a better job or same job as private health insurance companies. Can you send me a link with the reference? Thanks.
[Note – I couldn’t find a link on their site. It was in the bottom left hand corner of one of their sections yesterday – front page.]