WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- More than 90 percent of those asked in a UPI-Zogby International poll said the U.S. healthcare system could use some reform.
The 10,258 participants in a Feb. 9-12 Zogby interactive poll were asked to choose between statements that the U.S. healthcare system doesn't need reform, that the system functions adequately but could use some minor reform and that the system doesn't function adequately and needs major reform.
Of those three, the least popular was the first -- no reform needed -- at 5.9 percent. The other two options finished in a near dead heat, with a desire for minor reform at 45.9 percent and a feeling that a major reform is needed at 45.5 percent. Those results are within the poll's 1-percent-point margin of error.
Among respondents who visit their doctor at least monthly, 52.1 percent saw the need for major reform.
The subset of respondents 65 years and older saw minor reform as preferable (50.2 percent), compared to 38.9 percent who said major reform is needed. That age group also showed the highest percentage -- 8.3 -- of those who said the U.S. healthcare system doesn't need reform.
