Voters Think United States Healthcare System Needs Overhaul

Most American registered voters believe that our healthcare system needs real and massive change, according to a poll conducted by Research America. The poll found that:

• Nearly 75% of responding voters thought that the United States healthcare system needs significant changes, if not a complete overhaul.
• Almost 75 percent oppose President Bush's cuts to the funding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Approximately 60 percent of Americans think that the federal government has a responsibility to make sure that all Americans have healthcare coverage.
• Half of those surveyed think that there should be a nationally uniform system of electronic health records.
  

“Since healthcare is among Americans’ top domestic priorities, it’s no surprise they have strong opinions and want to know where their representatives in Congress stand,” said the Honorable John Edward Porter, Research America chair and former Illinois congressman. The 2008 Presidential candidates in both parties are promising to overhaul the system and cover the 44.8 million people without insurance. The cost of technology and lack of integration or standards has been the key issue in the slow adoption of EMR/EHR systems.

At Global MedData, we are committed to bringing affordable technology without upfront investment, and open standards to ensure complete interoperability across platforms, clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. Our vision is web-based accessibility of health records for the industry and most importantly, for the benefit of the consumer.

http://www.researchamerica.org/media/releases/7.19.2007.yourcongresspoll.html

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