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(a) What do you believe should be the top spending priorities of the federal government?

(b) Do you believe the federal government has a responsibility regarding the health needs of citizens, or do you believe that this is an issue better left to the various states, and why or why not?

(c) Are you in favor of higher taxation to provide for the health needs of citizens, and why or why not?

(d) Do you believe the government has an ethical duty to provide health care to individuals without health insurance, and why or why not; and in what ways, if any, do you believe the government should go about seeking reimbursement for funds spent on those without health insurance?

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