Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.
A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him.
If his mother had been insured.
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Extremely important, sad story. This should NEVER happen in a country the Republicans have taken to self-congratulatorily calling a "hyperpower." More emphasis on just how wide-spread this is would have been useful -- I personally know several hard-working American parents with uninsured children, and though my own mother worked full-time, we didn't have dental insurance for most of my childhood.
