Audio: 42 Percent Of Americans Unaware Health Law Exists

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A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation says 42 percent of Americans don’t know that the Affordable Care Act actually still stands. (Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Foundation.) Mary Agnes Carey joined NPR’s “Tell Me More” Friday afternoon to discuss the state of the health law and other health policy issues.

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<h1>Audio: 42 Percent Of Americans Unaware Health Law Exists</h1>
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		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2013-05-17T17:21:30-04:00">
			May 17, 2013		</time>
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