Survey shows most Asian Americans support universal healthcare reform
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PAAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Most Asian Americans support
the universal healthcare reform President Barack Obama advocates,
according to a survey released Tuesday by the Asian Pacific
American Legal Center (APALC).
The survey said that 90 percent of Asian American voters in Los
Angeles County in the 2008 General Election were showing support
for the universal healthcare reform, including 90 percent of Asian
Indians, 87 percent of Chinese, 89 percent of Filipinos, 90
percent of Koreans, and 96 percent of Vietnamese Americans.
"Millions of Asian Americans are without health insurance
nationwide. It is critical that the Asian American community's
concerns around healthcare reform be addressed by lawmakers," said
Sara Sadhwani, Immigrant Rights Project Director at APALC.
According to the survey, Asian American voters felt healthcare
should be made available to all, regardless of immigration status,
and a slim majority indicated they were even willing to pay higher
taxes to see universal healthcare implemented.
Since his presidential campaign, President Obama has been
persistent with his resolution to launch a reform to realize the
universal health insurance coverage and reduce the cost.
However, his efforts are considered facing a tough challenge as
doubts rose among opposers on whether the reform could drive up
the budget deficits and compromise the quality of care.
Official statistics show that U.S. healthcare costs have grown
to 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars annually but there are still about 46
million people without insurance.
Obama has urged several times for the healthcare reform that is
still undergoing debate at the Congress.
On Sept. 12, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of
the Capitol Hill in Washington to oppose Obama's healthcare reform
plan in worries that the healthcare reform plan might make the
already huge budget deficit increase.
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