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Discuss “Positive polling”

On Saturday, October 29, a random sampling of 100 Allegheny County residents discussed and deliberated health-care issues along with thousands across the country as part of the first-ever nationwide Deliberation Week. The success of Saturday?s poll opens the doors for a student and community poll on campus November 19.

This Saturday's event was organized by PBS's initiative By The People. It was headed by the Southwestern Program for Deliberative Democracy, a partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

The topic at hand was particularly relevant to Pittsburgh, a national leader in health care and a city whose population would be drastically affected by possible state budget cuts and reduction of Medicaid funds....

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