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National Survey Details Americans' Experiences with Health Care Services
First bar chart: Percentage of Americans aged 18 to 64 who received urgent medical care as soon as they wanted based on ethnicity:
Blacks: 51.5 percent.
Whites: 52.9 percent.
Hispanics: 41.2 percent.
Second bar chart: Percentage of Americans aged 18 to 64 who did not receive urgent medical care as soon as they wanted based on insurance coverage:
Uninsured: 28.6 percent.
Publicly Insured: 19.1 percent.
Privately Insured: 16.1 percent.
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