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Tue Aug-05-08 12:34 PM
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"Most come for their eyes and their teeth" Newsweek VIDEO R.A.M. in Wise County Va. |
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An article on it from last week http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3411629Two Videos here about 14 minutes in total http://www.newsweek.com/id/150846poor teeth leads to weight loss AND gain as well as high rates of diabetes
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Wed Aug-06-08 08:59 PM
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1. Reminds me of some of the free clinics that visit |
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rural Jamaica. We have free health care, but it's a joke because they don't give people all the medication needed. Still no hospital can refuse to admit patients without health insurance.
Most telling: Governor Kaine points to the fact that two thirds of the 46 million uninsured in the United States have jobs but can't afford health insurance. "This is a matter of political will," he says. "Other nations have a lower GDP than we do, and they've made a political decision that their people are going to have health coverage, but we keep deciding not to."
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