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lowkell

(671 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2014, 08:27 AM Jul 2014

A Sacred Obligation at the Wise, Virginia Health Fair

A powerful photo diary by "Teacherken" Bernstein.

http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/11926/a-sacred-obligation

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A Sacred Obligation at the Wise, Virginia Health Fair (Original Post) lowkell Jul 2014 OP

I was going to post in this the other day underpants Jul 2014 #1

This event in 2007 caused Wendell Potter to leave CIGNA and become a "whistle blower" and advocate. SharonAnn Jul 2014 #2

underpants

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1. I was going to post in this the other day

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:24 AM

Jul 2014

I heard a report in it on the radio last week I think. 130 volunteers the only healthcare those people will get all year. So sad but good for the volunteers

SharonAnn

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2. This event in 2007 caused Wendell Potter to leave CIGNA and become a "whistle blower" and advocate.

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:31 PM

Jul 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Potter

Potter began his journey towards resigning and becoming a whistleblower in July 2007, when he saw a touring free clinic run by Remote Area Medical in rural Virginia.

"What he saw appalled him. Hundreds of desperate people, most without any medical insurance, descended on the clinic from out of the hills. People queued in long lines to have the most basic medical procedures carried out free of charge. Some had driven more than 200 miles from Georgia. Many were treated in the open air. Potter took pictures of patients lying on trolleys on rain-soaked pavements."[3]

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