Most of Asian Americans support the universal healthcare reform President Barack Obama advocates, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC).

The survey said that 90 percent of Asian American voters in Los Angeles County in the 2008 General Election were showing support for the universal healthcare reform, including 90 percent of Asian Indians, 87 percent of Chinese, 89 percent of Filipinos, 90 percent of Koreans, and 96 percent of Vietnamese Americans.

"Millions of Asian Americans are without health insurance nationwide. It is critical that the Asian American community's concerns around healthcare reform be addressed by lawmakers," said Sara Sadhwani, Immigrant Rights Project Director at APALC.

According to the survey, Asian American voters felt healthcare should be made available to all, regardless of immigration status, and a slim majority indicated they were even willing to pay higher taxes to see universal healthcare implemented.

Since his presidential campaign, President Obama has been persistent with his resolution to launch a reform to realize the universal health insurance coverage and reduce the cost.

However, his efforts are considered facing a tough challenge as doubts rose among opposers on whether the reform could drive up the budget deficits and compromise the quality of care.

Official statistics show that U.S. healthcare costs have grown to 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars annually but there are still about 46 million people without insurance.

Obama has urged several times for the healthcare reform that is still undergoing debate at the Congress.

On Sept. 12, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the Capitol Hill in Washington to oppose Obama's healthcare reform plan in worries that the healthcare reform plan might make the already huge budget deficit increase.

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