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54% of state doctors support national health insurance, survey finds

A slight majority of Wisconsin doctors who responded to a survey last summer supported national health insurance or achieving universal coverage through incremental reform, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Medical Society. The survey of 948 doctors found that more than 54% support legislation for national health insurance and 55% support incremental reform toward universal coverage. That compared with 37% of the doctors who opposed national health insurance and 26% who oppose incremental reform.