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    <title>NPR Series: Perceptions Of Health</title>
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    <description>People are relatively satisfied with the health care they receive, finds a series of polls by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But low-income Americans are more likely to say the quality of health care they get is only fair to poor.</description>
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      <title>Webcast: Health Care Inequalities In America</title>
      <description>NPR polls found significant differences in the quality of health care experienced by Americans, depending on income. A webcast at 12:30 p.m. ET Wednesday will examine the disparities.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Joe Neel</dc:creator>
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      <title>Medical Debt Rains Pain On Families, Even In the Sunshine State</title>
      <description>More than 30 percent of Floridians report having serious financial problems, compared with 26 percent of adults nationwide. Digging into those poll numbers shows large medical bills can be ruinous.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 05:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/17/470109362/medical-debt-rains-pain-on-families-even-in-the-sunshine-state</link>
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      <dc:creator>Sammy Mack</dc:creator>
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      <title>Split Views On Health Overhaul In Ohio</title>
      <description>A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that people in the politically important state of Ohio are divided over Obamacare.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 05:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Sarah Jane Tribble</dc:creator>
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      <title>Hospitals Adapt ERs To Meet Patient Demand For Routine Care</title>
      <description>Many Floridians and other Americans turn to the ER for problems that aren&apos;t emergencies, a poll suggests, even though the experience can be unpleasant. Some ERs are striving to change their image.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/10/469809684/hospitals-adapt-ers-to-meet-patient-demand-for-routine-care</link>
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      <dc:creator>Abe Aboraya</dc:creator>
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      <title>Medical Bills Still Take A Big Toll, Even With Insurance</title>
      <description>The Affordable Care Act has increased access to doctors and helped reduce medical costs. But poll data show 26 percent of U.S. families are still struggling to pay their health care bills.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/08/468892489/medical-bills-still-take-a-big-toll-even-with-insurance</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/03/07/health-care-cost-2_custom-e26054ec53d84e02db7510b63193591e920cf562.jpg' alt='Barbara Radley, of Oshkosh, Wis., has diabetes, liver failure and scleroderma. Even filing for bankruptcy early last year didn't stop her financial woes, she says. The medical bills keep piling up.'/><p>The Affordable Care Act has increased access to doctors and helped reduce medical costs. But poll data show 26 percent of U.S. families are still struggling to pay their health care bills.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=468892489' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Alison Kodjak</dc:creator>
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      <title>Can&apos;t Get In To See Your Doctor? Many Patients Turn To Urgent Care</title>
      <description>A recent poll shows 27 percent of Americans have visited an urgent care center in the past two years. Why? Most cite convenience.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 04:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Patti Neighmond</dc:creator>
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      <title>In Texas, Uneven Expansion Of Obamacare Sows Frustration</title>
      <description>Despite the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Texas still has 6 million uninsured people, low Medicaid reimbursement rates and narrow choices of doctors and hospitals for many who are insured.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/29/468255954/in-texas-uneven-expansion-of-obamacare-sows-frustration</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/02/26/npr_texas_final_hr_wide-8e79f3bebc8b9b2729fbc6ed614c486c564062e8.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>Despite the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Texas still has 6 million uninsured people, low Medicaid reimbursement rates and narrow choices of doctors and hospitals for many who are insured.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=468255954' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Lauren Silverman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Many Dislike Health Care System But Are Pleased With Their Own Care</title>
      <description>An NPR poll finds that many people have a low opinion of the health care system, yet they like their doctors. The perception of quality of care varies according to income.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/29/468244777/many-dislike-health-care-system-but-are-pleased-with-their-own-care</link>
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      <dc:creator>Alison Kodjak</dc:creator>
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      <title>Health Quality An Issue For Poor, 2 Years Into Obamacare, Poll Finds</title>
      <description>People are relatively satisfied with the health care they receive, the new poll finds. But low-income Americans are more likely to say the quality of health care they get is only fair to poor.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Joe Neel</dc:creator>
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