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Prioritizing your health when money’s tight —
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¹ Arvantes, J. 2008. Americans experiencing greater access-to-care barriers. Center for Studying Health System Change Report. AAFP News. URL: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/professional-issues/20080708kellerman-hsc.html (accessed 10.10.2008).

  Trapp, D. 2008. Health care access problems surge among insured Americans. One report finds that millions more insured patients are delaying or not getting care, while another shows a spike in “underinsured” Americans. AMNews. URL: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/07/21/gvl10721.htm (accessed 10.10.2008).

  Rubenstein, S. 2007. More Americans delay health care. Cost concerns drive even the insured to forgo treatment. WSJ. URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121444668564805959.html?mod=2_1566_topbox (accessed 10.10.2008).

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² Chitale, R. 2008. Vulnerable populations more likely to delay or forgo treatment. Delayed treatment a common problem for Americans. URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5263717&page=1 (accessed 10.10.2008).

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⁷ [No author listed. No date listed.] Filter for Good. URL: http://www.filterforgood.com/take_the_pledge.php (accessed 10.10.2008).

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⁹ [No author listed. No date listed.] Hugh’s mortgage and financial calculators. URL: http://www.hughchou.org/calc/ (accessed 10.10.2008).

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¹² Elias, M. 2003. Study: Hugs warm the heart, and may protect it. URL: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-03-09-hug-usat_x.htm (accessed 10.27.2008).

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