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Healthcare Poll

Adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare is a hot topic again on Capitol Hill. Such a benefit would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but no one knows where that money would come from. Still, a new poll shows a majority of Americans are in favor of the coverage -- and they think the government should foot most of the bill. NPR's Julie Rovner reports for Morning Edition. Get the complete poll results online.

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