Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on delaying health care. The transcript is also available.
More than one third of Americans report either they or a family member postponed obtaining needed health care within the past year, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The Kaiser poll, taken in mid-October, found 36 percent of those surveyed delayed getting needed health care compared to 29 percent last April...
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