Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — July 2011
Health care, and particularly Medicare and Medicaid, continue to play a role in the national discussion over the federal budget deficit.
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Health care, and particularly Medicare and Medicaid, continue to play a role in the national discussion over the federal budget deficit.
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