Americans Like their HMOs More Than Congress

By Daniel Indiviglio
Maybe instead of focusing on health care reform, a little introspection would have served Congress a little better. A new poll by Gallup shows that Americans' confidence in Congress was the lowest of any institution the polling firm asked about, registering a score of just 11%. It was right below HMOs, which had a 19% confidence score. The medical system on a whole ranked fifth, with 40% confidence. Here are the poll results:

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