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Becky72 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:11 PM
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An 82% to 8% majority of Canadians believe their system is superior to the U.S. system
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These are some of the results of a recent Harris/Decima telephone survey conducted
between June 4 and 8, 2009 by Harris/Decima among 1,000 Canadian adults.
The main findings were:

 A 70% majority of Canadians thought their system was performing either “very
well (12%) or “fairly well” (58%). Only 28% thought it was performing “not well at
all” (9%) or “not that well” (19%).

 Most people (55%) favored an expansion of the public sector. Just over a
quarter (27%) of Canadians thought that the Canadian system had got the
balance between public and private sector health care right. Only 12% favored a
tilt towards the private sector.

 An 82% majority of Canadians believed their country‟s health care system was
superior to the U.S. system. Only 8% thought the U.S. system was superior.

pdf: http://harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_08_12.pdf
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:13 PM
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1. And the other 10% - or is this metric math?
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Becky72 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:17 PM
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2. 10% not sure n/t
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:22 PM
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5. 10% said "Take off you hoser"
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 06:28 PM
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7. More polls need to include that option! nt
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:19 PM
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3. but are they weighing the benefits of health insurance CEOs with 9-figure salaries
Edited on Mon Aug-17-09 03:19 PM by DrDan
and obscene profits?

Or are they just being selfish and basing their opinions on their personal experience in getting health care?

Surely a flawed poll.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:20 PM
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4. So there it is 8% of Canada is officially nuts

as opposed to our 37%
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 07:44 PM
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8. 8% are actually characters from the "Red Green Show"
:think:
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 03:39 PM
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6. Proving again that 82% of Canadians are smarter than Republicans.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 07:52 PM
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9. The 8% are the ones who can afford to win a bidding war for health care.
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