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Adults in this country still are not sold on whether they want the government to compel changes in the way health insurance behaves and health care is delivered, according to a Gallup poll taken Oct. 1-4.

When asked how they would advise their member of Congress to vote on legislation to overhaul the health care system, 40 percent said they would ask for a vote in favor of changing the health care system, 36 percent would want their member to vote against it, and 25 percent has no opinion.

When people who leaned one way or the other on the question were added, a slim majority, 51 percent, would support overhauling the health care system, 41 percent would oppose it, and 8 percent had no opinion. Both counts - with and without leaners - showed modest shifts in favor of passage from a similar Gallup poll taken in early September.