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Question 1.
Access to medical care in the United States is not universal.


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Question 2.
African American infant mortality is over twice as high as that for whites.


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Question 3.
Although Americans support pollution control, they are not willing to see the government spend money to clean up the environment.


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Question 4.
Business leaders support stringent pollution control because they believe it helps attract new industries and businesses.


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Question 5.
Ever since 1916, the United States has been a world leader in wilderness preservation.


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Question 6.
Infant mortality rates in the United States are the lowest in the world.


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Question 7.
Medicaid is a national health care program designed to help the elderly.


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Question 8.
Money for restoring lands spoiled by chemical and radioactive wastes is the fastest growing segment of the nation's environmental budget.


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Question 9.
Most Americans believe that high-technology issues should be a private matter and not involve government interference.


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Question 10.
Nonrenewable resources are replaced by nature once consumed.


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Question 11.
President Clinton's health care reform failed because people felt it did not go far enough in providing universal coverage.


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Question 12.
The Environmental Protection Agency is the largest federal regulatory agency.


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Question 13.
The groups that enjoy good health care coverage in the United States are largely those that are well organized to influence government.


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Question 14.
The United States has not initiated any new nuclear power plants since 1978.


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Question 15.
The United States has the most thoroughly privatized medical care system in the developed world.


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