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Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare

Noozhawk republishes news articles from KFF Health News on national and state health-related issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.  John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was already thinking about delaying it — then his monthly Obamacare insurance […]

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