Rural Medical Camp Tackles Health Care Gaps : NPR
It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of tired and desperate people crowded around an aid worker with a bullhorn, straining to hear the instructions and worried they might be left out.
Some had arrived at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Va., two days before. They slept in cars, tents and the beds of pickup trucks, hoping to be among the first in line when the gate opened Friday before dawn. They drove in from 16 ...
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I know that Medicaid is a joke with no coverage for vision or normal dental but this fantastic article shows just how bad America is; A Third World Nation right here in our back yard, again! What a crime that we allow this to go on. The problem is this is just one little example and thankfully this area takes care of its own, you do not see this in the rest of the country. Self help is great but should not have to be counted on to save lives.