Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Crisis America

Yes, Virginia, America is being underserved in health care. Witness the clinic in the Los Angeles sports arena that took in overflowing crowds looking for basis health services:
Remote Area Medical Foundation is a trailer-equipped service that has staged health clinics in rural parts of the United States, Mexico and South America. It brought its health camp to urban Los Angeles County on Tuesday to begin an eight-day stint that the group's officials described as its first foray into a major urban setting.

Organizers expected big crowds, in a county with high unemployment and an estimated 22% of working-age adults lacking health insurance.

On Tuesday, the turnout was so large that hundreds had to be turned away.
Meanwhile, Joan Baez, awesome fifty-year career, shows the kind and compassionate -- and successful -- way to handle protesters.

1 comment:

JimD said...

The Joan Baez story is great. She has always been a favorite of mine.

Thanks, I would have missed this.