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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Poll: Health care reform will bring higher costs « - Blogs from CNN.com: "Washington (CNN) - A new national poll suggests that Americans think the health care reform proposals moving through Congress would bring higher costs and a lower quality of care.

According to a ABC News/Washington Post survey released Tuesday evening, 53 percent of the public see higher costs for themselves if the proposed changes become law than if the current health care system stays the same. The poll also indicates that only 37 percent say the quality of their health care would be better under the proposed changes.

The nearly one in five adults in the country that are currently without insurance are among those who presumably would gain the most from health care reform than includes an expansion of those covered. But the survey indicatates that those without insurance are divided on whether their health care would be better if the current system was reformed.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation nation survey released last week had similar findings, with 75 percent of people questioned saying the senate health care bill would not help their family. The poll also indicated that 85 percent of Americans think the bill, if it became law, would increase their taxes and nearly 8 in 10 say it would increase the country's budget deficit."