America's Vital Interest in Global Health Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests (1997) / Chapter Skim
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3: Attitudes Toward U.S. Foreign Assistance: Perception and Reality
3: Attitudes Toward U.S. Foreign Assistance: Perception and Reality
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As the previous chapter indicated, however, our nation's stake in global health goes far beyond the giving of foreign aid and is likely to increasingly involve other activities, such as research into health problems of global significance. Nevertheless, within that component of global health that does require foreign aid, public misperceptions within the United States have been a significant barrier to positive action that would benefit the nation, as this chapter shows.
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A second recent poll of 1,514 randomly selected adult Americans conducted by the Washington Post, the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University indicated that nearly 6 in 10 people believe that the United States spends more on foreign aid than on Medicare.
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Second, Americans support foreign assistance based on their belief that the United States has a moral obligation to help nations in need; an overwhelming majority rejected the notion that the United States should give aid only when it promotes U.S. national interests.
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