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Coast-to-Coast Health Care Woe: Cost

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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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