Thousands Show up for Free Medical Treatment in Houston

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Thousands Show up for Free Medical Treatment in Houston
by: Libby Shaw
Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 18:47:33 PM CDT

Today in Houston nearly 2000 folks came to Reliant Stadium for, in some cases, desperately needed medical treatment. Shamefully, Texas has the highest number of uninsured residents. The story is particularly ugly in Houston where 1 in 3 adults are uninsured.

Dr. Oz who runs the free health clinic compared the number of uninsured, untreated people as a national disaster comparable to that of Hurricane Katrina. According to him, Houston and the rest of Texas, a health care Katrina happens everyday.

Despite the shameful statistics on the lack of health coverage, our elected U.S. lawmakers John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and in my case, John Culberson (Houston-7), continue to wage war against health care reform. As with Katrina while the world watched, Republicans showed they were not in the least bit concerned about the hurricane's victims, some of whom horribly drowned and others who, to this very day, are displaced. Republican behavior with health care reform is exactly the same. The message: Let 'em eat Advil or drop dead. It ain't our problem. Me and mine are just fine.

video & more
http://www.texaskaos.com/diary/6189/thousands-show-up-for-free-health-treatment-in-houston

[postulater]

1. But, but, but...... Chuck Norris has good coverage!

It's not his fault those people don't have any Ninja moves.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Oh, so there is more than one group holding these big health fairs. That's great

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. heartbreaking...read the following from the article:

"A man who arrived later in the day, Anthony DeLane, was whisked away by ambulance to Ben Taub General Hospital. A diabetic ulcer on his foot was so infected that it had opened up and exposed bone, said Dr. G. Bobby Kapur, a Taub emergency physician and Baylor College of Medicine professor. Without quick care, the infection could have spread into his bloodstream or his leg.

"If we don't get to it fast, instead of losing a toe, he may lose a foot or a whole leg," said Kapur, one of the medical directors of Saturday's clinic. "He had not been able to get care for five years because he doesn't have insurance. He's self-employed." "

Thank goodness he's getting treated.

[sandnsea]

5. And the baby with the heart murmur

Dr. Oz said that where her hole is at, it can cause heart failure and cause her lungs to harden up. It could cause her to stop breathing," said Rivera, 25, of Freeport, who brought all five of her children for checkups. "Her Medicaid was dropped when she turned 1. ... We're looking for a clinic around who will take her."

I bet these thousands of people get no more media coverage than the thousands in LA got.

Let 10 teabaggers show up across the street and watch the media grovel at their feet.

[SOS]

4. Guarantee:

This will not appear on the network or cable news.

[sandnsea]

6. Agreed. Unless ten teabaggers

were across the street.