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The New York Times conducts a poll and, befuddled by the result, reports...

Over all, the poll portrays a nation torn by conflicting impulses and confusion.

In one finding, 75 percent of respondents said they were concerned that the cost of their own health care would eventually go up if the government did not create a system of providing health care for all Americans. But in another finding, 77 percent said they were concerned that the cost of health care would go up if the government did create such a system.

Where's the conflict and confusion in that? People think the cost of their health care will go up either way -- without or with a new government plan.

And they are right!

Tell the story editor to change that "But" at the start of the last sentence to an "And", and all is resolved.