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TABLE 3.

Public Attitudes toward the U.S. Health Care System

	1982	1987	1991	1994	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006
	(%)^a	(%)^a	(%)^a	(%)^a	(%)^a	(%)^a	(%)^b	(%)^a	(%)^a
On the whole, the health care system works pretty well, and only minor changes are necessary to make it work better.	19	29	6	14	15	15	20	13	13
There are some good things in our health care system, but fundamental changes are needed to make it work better.	47	47	50	54	52	52	57	50	49
The health care system has so much wrong with it that we need to completely rebuild it.	28	19	42	31	30	30	23	36	37
Not sure.	6	5	2	1	2	2	1	1	1

Note: Percentages may not add up exactly to 100 percent due to rounding.