For Want of a Dentist

Washington Post by Mary Otto | Feb. 28, 2007 (News Report)
Pr. George's Boy Dies After Bacteria From Tooth Spread to Brain

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. Full Story »

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Bob McInnis
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 by Bob McInnis - Oct. 1, 2008

The facts quoted here and the anecdotal experience of this tragedy serve as an indictment against Medicaid and Federal funding for health.

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