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"For Dickinson, the philosophical battle will have to come another day. For now, he's thinking about all the patients he had to send home without care on Sunday, the last day of the RAM expedition: "I had to go to the stands, where there were hundreds of people still waiting, and say we could only take 20 more. They rushed me with questions and showed me their teeth. I said they'd have to come see us in October when we go to Grundy, Va.

"In the meantime, he believes many of the patients who were turned away will have to make due with visits to the E.R. for tooth pain, where they'll likely be given antibiotics and a pain pill and sent home. "That'll only calm it down for a couple of weeks. It'll come back," he says.

Thankfully, so will RAM.

How to Help
If you'd like to contribute to or volunteer with the Remote Area Medical Foundation go to their Web site.

To volunteer or contribute to The Health Wagon, whose small staff brings health care to the people of Appalachia all year round, and who will be helping some of this year's RAM patients get follow-up treatment for urgent conditions, go to their Web site.

And, to help with education, nutrition and physical activity programs that help impoverished children in rural communities throughout the United States, go the Save the Children U.S.A. Web site.

To help Mission of Mercy, a nonprofit organization that provides free dental care to underserved populations in Virginia and West Virginia, go to the Virginia Dental Association's Web site and scroll to the bottom of the page for donation and volunteering information.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!! National Health Care is the least of our problems right now and it's one more peg in Obama's Socialist take over. Today he took over a major auto industry, GM and fired it's 25 yr. CEO Pres. Geitner has revealed the plan to nationalize banks and have absolute power to take over ANY company that is deemed by his was not doing well (this is very scary for all business big and small, no wonder the stock market is tanking with this latest news). The Obama government owns 80% of AIG so add it up people, that government take over of Insurance & securities, banks and auto industry in less that 70 days in office. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE AMERICANS CONFIDENT AND SPEND AND INVEST IN THE ECONOMY?? THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MAKES WALL ST STOCKS GO UP AND THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT AMERICA NEEDS. AMERICANS NEED THEIR JOBS, HOMES, RETIREMENT AND 401kS SECURED. How is closing down GITMO (the very lst legislation Obama signed), lifting ban to to use federal taxpayer dollars to get abortions in foreign countries (2nd legislation signed by Obama) and lifting ban on stem cell research without restrictions on using embryos (newly formed babies) going to help Americans save their jobs, homes, retirement and 401k?? National Health Care is just another government socialist take over that taxpayers will have to pay for when the Obama administration has us over 4 trillion dollars in debt in less than 70 days. How much in debt will American be in 4 years of the OBAMANATION of our country. Senator Max Baucas D-MT is writing legislation to tax American's that are lucky enough to have medical insurance benefits and there are plans to take away our medical tax deductions. The American people are going to loose dearly in order to spread their wealth and provide National Health coverage to those who don't work, those that don't pay taxes and even those that are not American citizens. This is just the tip of destruction Obama has cause in only 70 days, I'm not even mention his 3 strike outs so far in foreign affairs with Russia, Iran and Great Britain and ALL his broken campaign promises i.e. no lobbyist in his administration, no more ear marks, cut spending and wasteful programs in Washington, post Bill online for Americans 5 days before he signs them, transparency & bipartisan practices which is null so far. EVERYTHING HE TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING HIS CAMPAIGNS AND THE LAST 70 DAYS IN OFFICE HAS BEEN A LIE, HE SAID WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AND DOES THE OPPOSITE. AMERICANS NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!

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WAKE UP AMERICA!!! National Health Care is the least of our problems right now and it's one more peg in Obama's Socialist take over. Today he took over a major auto industry, GM and fired it's 25 yr. CEO Pres. Geitner has revealed the plan to nationalize banks and have absolute power to take over ANY company that is deemed by his was not doing well (this is very scary for all business big and small, no wonder the stock market is tanking with this latest news). The Obama government owns 80% of AIG so add it up people, that government take over of Insurance & securities, banks and auto industry in less that 70 days in office. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE AMERICANS CONFIDENT AND SPEND AND INVEST IN THE ECONOMY?? THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MAKES WALL ST STOCKS GO UP AND THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT AMERICA NEEDS. AMERICANS NEED THEIR JOBS, HOMES, RETIREMENT AND 401kS SECURED. How is closing down GITMO (the very lst legislation Obama signed), lifting ban to to use federal taxpayer dollars to get abortions in foreign countries (2nd legislation signed by Obama) and lifting ban on stem cell research without restrictions on using embryos (newly formed babies) going to help Americans save their jobs, homes, retirement and 401k?? National Health Care is just another government socialist take over that taxpayers will have to pay for when the Obama administration has us over 4 trillion dollars in debt in less than 70 days. How much in debt will American be in 4 years of the OBAMANATION of our country. Senator Max Baucas D-MT is writing legislation to tax American's that are lucky enough to have medical insurance benefits and there are plans to take away our medical tax deductions. The American people are going to loose dearly in order to spread their wealth and provide National Health coverage to those who don't work, those that don't pay taxes and even those that are not American citizens. This is just the tip of destruction Obama has cause in only 70 days, I'm not even mention his 3 strike outs so far in foreign affairs with Russia, Iran and Great Britain and ALL his broken campaign promises i.e. no lobbyist in his administration, no more ear marks, cut spending and wasteful programs in Washington, post Bill online for Americans 5 days before he signs them, transparency & bipartisan practices which is null so far. EVERYTHING HE TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING HIS CAMPAIGNS AND THE LAST 70 DAYS IN OFFICE HAS BEEN A LIE, HE SAID WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AND DOES THE OPPOSITE. AMERICANS NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!
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Posted By: 924400 @ 03/05/2009 12:54:21 AM

A health care blog for your review ??? Reflecting Forward

You may want to look at this blog, Reflecting Forward:

http://effectivepracticemanagement.blogspot.com

It's John Lawrence's blog addressing the medically underserved, those uncovered by health insurance, and Community Health Centers - with suggestions on how these Centers??? Boards and Executive Directors can overcome their inadequate financing, staffing, etc. to meet their latent thirty-five year potential to serve all the medically underserved in their areas.

Mike Elliott