About 41 million people in the United States, most of them middle-class workers, had trouble

July 1, 1996
About 41 million people in the United States, most of them middle-class workers, had trouble getting some type of health care, ranging from surgery to eyeglasses to mental-health care in 1994-95, according to a new study by Project HOPE, a health-care think tank. The survey of 3,450 people in 1994-95 found that dental care was the most difficult for people to obtain. About 8.5 percent reported not being able to get the care when they thought they needed it.

About 41 million people in the United States, most of them middle-class workers, had trouble getting some type of health care, ranging from surgery to eyeglasses to mental-health care in 1994-95, according to a new study by Project HOPE, a health-care think tank. The survey of 3,450 people in 1994-95 found that dental care was the most difficult for people to obtain. About 8.5 percent reported not being able to get the care when they thought they needed it.

Judi Hasson

Washington Correspondent

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