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Georgia Voters’ Opinions on Health Care Revealed in Poll

As Georgia voters consider whom they want to be their next governor, a new poll reveals that many are concerned over the rising cost of health care.

The University of Georgia recently conducted a poll of nearly 1,000 likely voters to gather their opinions on which election issues matter most to them.

The poll, sponsored by the Georgia Health Initiative, found that while over 90% of respondents had health insurance, roughly 75% of Democrats stated that health care across the state was not affordable. About 49% of Republicans said prices weren’t affordable.

Respondents were polled on a variety of questions, but one question asked if they agreed or disagreed that the price of health care continues to rise while the quality has not improved. About 90% of Democrats stated that they agreed, while about 77% of Republicans agreed.

M.V. Hood III, the UGA political science professor heading the survey, told the Daily Signal that there was “a lot of consensus across all types of partisan categories on a lot of these high-level health care issues.”

“People are very concerned about insurance premiums, copays and deductibles, [and]........

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