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Coast-to-Coast Health Care Woe: Cost
From coast to coast, people say that their health coverage and care are too expensive.
Recently, I moved across the country, from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. I drove the Southern route and decided to conduct an informal survey, asking folks I met along the way a question relevant to the health care reporting I've been doing for the past five years.
The question: What bugs you most about your medical care?
Few people I talked with — at gas stations, coffee shops, grocery stores, parking lots, bars and everywhere in between — even mentioned the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare by name. But I heard again and again how health policy issues I've been reporting on in Washington are affecting their lives.
What did I find out?
Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/1oLOAus
Source: Kaiser Health News
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