Pulling teeth in Appalachia

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Pulling teeth in Appalachia
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/appalachian-medical-outreach-97175.html

By M. SCOTT MAHASKEY | 9/23/13 5:03 AM EDT

WISE COUNTY, Va. — The patients gathered before an Appalachian sunrise. Some had traveled from nearby states and slept in cars at the muddied fairgrounds. Others came on foot from miles away.

All had unmet medical needs — and the most urgent was dental.
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Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical — known as RAM — is an all-volunteer organization that provides free health care to some of the most remote and medically underserved areas in the United States and the world. It offers a portfolio of health care services, including dental care, and all its events are supported through donations or partnerships with other charitable organizations.

The care was free for the 2,292 patients seen over the course of three days. The medical equivalent of winning the lottery in a region where health care is often a gamble and dental care is often out of reach. This time, few were turned away.

[packman]

1. And yet

I know those type of people who live in the Appalachian hills and if they surveyed those 2,292 people they would have found them to probably be anti-government handouts, strongly entrenched conservatives, and against Obamacare. That being said, bless the people in RAM for showing what true Christian and human values are.