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Date:9/17/2009

ployers to stop providing their employees with health insurance if it is cheaper for them to pay the fine. Do you support or oppose an "employer mandate?"Only 32 percent supported the plan; 56 percent opposed it.

Currently, medical malpractice insurance costs doctors in some areas of the country up to $200,000 per year, a cost that doctors pass on to their patients in the form of higher fees for service. Do you agree or disagree that tort reform is needed?

Only 12 percent think no reform is needed; 78 percent said yes.

Do you support or oppose taxing employer-provided health care benefits?

Nearly 72 percent opposed the idea; 16 percent supported it.

As long as the federal government provides financial help to those who cannot afford health insurance, do you think the federal government should fine businesses that do not provide insurance for their employees and also fine individuals who choose not to purchase health insurance?

Nineteen percent
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