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Those faces are nocoincidences Feb 2019 #1
Republicans have been causing things like this for decades. pangaia Feb 2019 #71
+1 sandensea Feb 2019 #75
repubs DownriverDem Feb 2019 #105
"This is not what we stand for" FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #107
That is just G**Damn Sad Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #2
but the rich are happy happy happy Larrybanal Feb 2019 #51
And these are the people who came out... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #58
I'm pretty sure it looks like this across America MagickMuffin Feb 2019 #3
But, but jayschool2013 Feb 2019 #69
You left out gays...n/t bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #81
This is maddening and very sad. Desert grandma Feb 2019 #4
Exactly. volstork Feb 2019 #65
This is what a third-world country looks like. area51 Feb 2019 #5
3rd World is right, as the UN Rapporteur Found in 2018, appalachiablue Feb 2019 #73
I traveled the Hollywood Freeway between Hollywood and LibDemAlways Feb 2019 #82
I saw much in the news for CA, PNW, HI, etc. only by searching. appalachiablue Feb 2019 #83
Even third world countries have better health care services for the poor than the US ansible Feb 2019 #85
This is heartbreaking. sheshe2 Feb 2019 #6
Didn't Tennessee go for Trump in the election? Aristus Feb 2019 #7
They always vote R with rare exceptions. Duppers Feb 2019 #21
East Tennessee is hard core Republican and has been for a very long time yellowdogintexas Feb 2019 #78
I feel sadness seeing this. I also just checked how Knox County voted in '16 & '18... DontBooVote Feb 2019 #8
They vote that way because they don't make the connection. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #12
+1 this. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #47
Yep. volstork Feb 2019 #67
Jesus. Straight out of a Dickens novel. SMC22307 Feb 2019 #9
Geez, bdamomma Feb 2019 #29
Awful ck4829 Feb 2019 #90
These type clinics occur once or twice a year in areas near me as well. SW Virginia. Cars will be dameatball Feb 2019 #10
2018: Northam to visit free health clinic in Southwest Virginia mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #11
Yep that's it. underpants Feb 2019 #22
"Like you'd expect to see in South Sudan or Haiti" dalton99a Feb 2019 #33
"I really think that they don't have any clue what's going on,"... pangaia Feb 2019 #72
There a group that goes out to the far western end of Virginia underpants Feb 2019 #13
The Cumberland Gap is closer to Detroit and Atlanta than it is to Richmond, mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #16
Cumberland Gap TN - Richmond 409 Atlanta 272 Detroit 486 underpants Feb 2019 #19
The far southwest corner of VA is farther west than Toledo Recursion Feb 2019 #97
Our own domestic caravans facing a wall of unaffordable healthcare. n/t MarcA Feb 2019 #31
I grew up in Buchanan County. X_Digger Feb 2019 #60
This is life in District 13 RightiswrongTn Feb 2019 #14
Spot on underpants Feb 2019 #23
This is drumpf healthcare and he owns this whole sh'tty disgraceful mess. democratisphere Feb 2019 #15
Not just trump, but ALL republicans... pangaia Feb 2019 #74
+1 ck4829 Feb 2019 #91
This is DEPRESSION ERA-looking stuff. Just infuriating. If I hear another billionaire bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #17
Yes, and if the pic was in black and white would really look like it. Yes, incredibly Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #34
That's what it reminds me of, too. calimary Feb 2019 #84
As if the USA economy could not afford to help everyone in it. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #18
Difference between GOP and Democrats zipplewrath Feb 2019 #104
Here's the event: Remote Area Medical's 'milestone' 1,000th free clinic mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #20
Capitalism at its finest right there. mountain grammy Feb 2019 #24
I would bet every voting age person in this photo voted republican lynintenn Feb 2019 #25
Our State House and Senate in TN are bastions of ignorance redstateblues Feb 2019 #32
Remote Area Medical (ramusa.org) TNNurse Feb 2019 #26
Changes in food stamp requirements may kill many mountain folk or... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #44
That is such a shame. I used to visit Knoxville on business 30 yrs ago... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #55
I live in Blount County. TNNurse Feb 2019 #59
It really is just so beautiful there. And everyone seems so open and friendly... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #80
Reminiscent of Dorothea Lange's photos of poverty in the Depression. SeattleVet Feb 2019 #27
Have a physician friend in Knoxville who Duppers Feb 2019 #28
60 Minutes did a segment on the clinics --- maybe 15 years ago. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #30
We are not a civilized country ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #35
Of course, Tennessee didn't expand Medicaid TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #36
Tenncare nor Medicaid provides dental care nor eyecare except for children. lynintenn Feb 2019 #49
And it will be hard to get a better job with really bad teeth TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir Feb 2019 #37
It is way past time for health care for all scarytomcat Feb 2019 #38
also time for Medicare to cover dental and vision and hearing. Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #110
yes very true scarytomcat Feb 2019 #112
Los Angeles Times did a story some years back. For me the enduring image was "buckets of teeth"... Hekate Feb 2019 #39
Reminds me of another time in this country UpInArms Feb 2019 #40
Exactly what i thought of klook Feb 2019 #53
Except they were lining up for food, not optometry Recursion Feb 2019 #93
Yes ... needs are different UpInArms Feb 2019 #96
republicans too busy counting up their TaxScam loot to pay any attention Achilleaze Feb 2019 #41
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2019 #42
San Francisco, 1988. Aussie105 Feb 2019 #43
Repugs would write THIS headline... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #45
Statistics Can Always Be Manipulated dlk Feb 2019 #46
Ask these people where the emergency is. ooky Feb 2019 #48
so sad and maddening. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #50
Heartbreaking. Unbelievable this is America. Agreed with many of the posters in this thread. c-rational Feb 2019 #52
MAGA JI7 Feb 2019 #56
First I've heard of travelling health care Aussie105 Feb 2019 #57
They have been doing this in the Appalchian mountains area BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #61
Just wait until the Aussie government turns on you and you can't protect yourself IronLionZion Feb 2019 #92
They have even smaller clinics to really get into the back country Recursion Feb 2019 #95
As Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out, yea, let's take Billions of tax payer dollars for sports staduims pdsimdars Feb 2019 #62
Fully implementing Obamacare should be private insurance's last chance mjvpi Feb 2019 #63
But unemployment is down? loyalsister Feb 2019 #64
Recommended. panader0 Feb 2019 #66
Are there no poor houses, no debtors prisons? JDC Feb 2019 #68
Poverty, under educated population & lack of opportunity Alwaysna Feb 2019 #70
We Need to Keep these Photos in the Public Mind McKim Feb 2019 #76
Greatest country on earth my Aunt Tillie. llmart Feb 2019 #77
Medicare for all will not cover dental care, nor vision care; or will it? YOHABLO Feb 2019 #79
Nope. Canada's and the UK's systems don't either Recursion Feb 2019 #94
You Know Who These People Are? Roy Rolling Feb 2019 #86
Th only examples of Orangie's great economy are the very rich who are very happy being napi21 Feb 2019 #87
Very sad. BlueJac Feb 2019 #88
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #89
our local GOP leader is whining that relatives no longer speak to her 47of74 Feb 2019 #98
And yet, for sure a large number of these folks voted for Trump. SKKY Feb 2019 #99
Greatest healthcare system in da world! Nt BootinUp Feb 2019 #100
RAM (Remote Area Medical) is a wonderful organization, founded by Stan Brock. Mr. Brock Cousin Dupree Feb 2019 #101
Anyone hand out voter registration cards? NM Grins Feb 2019 #102
Most Just Can't Know... StarzGuy Feb 2019 #103
Rwanda has national healthcare! Rw-fking-wanda! OMGWTF Feb 2019 #106
Wonder how we'd do with Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Jeanine Pirro or Kirstjen Nielsen in charge? FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #108
Hmmmm, not a Medicade Expansion State Liberal In Texas Feb 2019 #109
K&R samplegirl Feb 2019 #111
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