Chart of the Day

| Wed Sep. 23, 2009 1:02 PM PDT

From the CDC, here are the latest estimates about the accessibility of healthcare in America.  The share of the population that was forced to go without needed medical care during the past year because of cost has gone up from 4.5% in 1997 to 7.3% so far this year.  USA! USA!

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