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When It Comes to Your Health, Your Zip Code Matters More Than Your Genetic Code

Kimberly Seals-Allers

March 25, 2011

Today is the one year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act and guess what? According to a recent survey, over one half of Americans don't think health reform is actually a law.

It is folks.

I'm marking the one year anniversary by attending the National Association of Black Journalists Media Institute on Health, Health Policy and Health Disparities in Washington, DC.

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