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NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy Health Care Survey

A new poll shows that four out of 10 families have problems affording health care. Some are postponing visits to doctors or going without drug prescriptions because they don't have the money. Is a health care crisis looming? Richard Knox reports. Get the complete poll results online.

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