Thinking now of medical lawsuits: Say you are injured by bad medical care, and you sue the doctor, hospital or drug company. Would you support or oppose a law saying the most you can get is $250,000, plus your actual losses for things like medical bills and lost income?
Responses by Race
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Support 57% 23% 52%
Oppose 42% 72% 47%
DK/No opinion 1% 6% 1%

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    Source: A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted by telephone January 12 - 16, 2005 among 1,007 randomly selected adults nationwide. Margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus three percentage points. Fieldwork by TNS of Horsham, PA.
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