Comments on: U.S. Health Care Gets Boost From Charity

"60 Minutes": Remote Area Medical Finds It's Needed In America To Plug Health Insurance Gap

[flytie1013]

We can spend lots of money on congress trying to decide if Roger Clemens was taking steroids but we have people in this country with no health insurance waiting in lines for hours. We have children going to school hungry and we have elderly that can either eat this week or pay for their medications. That''s not important, what is really important is did Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds take steroids! What''s wrong with our elected officials? We are the richest country in the world and all our elected officials can worry about is if some millionaire athletes ever took steroids. It''s a game people, a game! Who really cares!

[katepa]

This should not happen in America. I have always felt that a bipartisan effort needs to bre made to create health care for all. Check out RAM''s site...donations are accepted through paypal or credit card. We donated....

[ussher151]

I have just joined the ranks of the underinsured as a result of Kodak moving all of its retirees to Medicare Advantage Plans with high premiums. Many doctors will not accept Medicare Advantage Plans. Seriously ill retirees and long term disability people can not get the care they need with this program.

[moredock-2009]

More powerful than anything yet said, or done, by any three of the leading contenders for president. All my charitable giving now goes to RAM. Talk about "boots on the ground." This is the war we should be fighting...and winning.

[odonart]

I am sure that a lot of people like myself were inspired by this story to want to donate to RAM. It would have
helped if CBS had given information for that.

[carolmfisher]

I am watching this just now, and this is the first time I''ve been so moved to get up and actually send off a comment. Every presidential candidate, every politician, every goverment official, every employer should be forced to watch this story. So many people are just so BLIND about the health care situation that so many of us are in. Regular middle class hard working families, with at least two incomes are finding health care way out of our reach! Something must change!

[steveknote]

After watching the reporting of Mr. Pelley concerning RAM, I am both ashamed and proud. I find myself ashamed to live comfortably in a country where this exists with all of the abilities and measures to solve this crisis. In counterpoint, I feel pride in living in a country with individuals like Stan Brock, the founder of RAM. This is the type of individual that should be nominated for every humanitarian award that is available! Thank you, Mr. Brock...and hopefully one day the politicians will understand that we cannot properly promote our quality of life if that quality does not properly exist in our own land!!

[halg19]

It is pathetic but true America is becoming or already is a third world country. This news article about RAM proves it. Does the medical and insurance lobby have the guts to allow universal healthcare?

[mgoettsch195]

I am sickened by this report. This is the United States of America!! When do we STOP spending billions in Iraq and start spending some of that money HERE taking care of our own citizens?

[dcinfla-2009]

Stan Brock deserves the Nobel Prize, and so do all the medical professionals who volunteer their time. It''s a very sad commentary that it has come to this, but thank God for people like Brock and the RAM volunteers. Hopefully, stories like this will be a wake up call to the insurance company bean counters who deny health care to 47 million Americans while they count their profits.

[AlanNH]

Are we not ashamed?

[AlanNH]

Are we not ashamed?

[fminton2]

As director of the Grundy,Va. expedition I want to thank Stan Brock and his volunteers.They provided the citizens of our county with $500,000.00 worth of free health care. We find that the and number of patients go up each year.In the 2007 expedition 734 patients were seen,and 2349 total services were rendered. The 2008 expedition will be October 4-5. Thank You Stan Brock for your dedication to our people. Frannie Minton.

[volunteerann]

I am a Lions Club volunteer at the RAM in Wise County,VA. The folks we serve are in great need and genuinely grateful. And it is very well organized. I am proud to be a part of this service.

[mhclgcallis]

After being part of the Mission Of Mercy to New Orleans and the Eastern Shore of Va, I saw first hand the need for medical and dental care in our country.
The lines of people needing help stretched on and on.
The thankful faces leaving were everywhere. When we were leaving NOLA, a lady grabbed me and hung on crying and thanking us for what we had done. She saw my vehicle was from Va., and wanted us to know how great she thought it was we came all that way. It was an experience I will never forget. During those trips I have met people that have touched my life forever. As a dental assistant it makes me feel good I helped but as a person it did me good to help. I saw first hand the people that are not getting the services they need. They may have health insurance,but can''t afford it and take care of their families. Of course in NOLA a lot of people there were being served by the dental school that was ruined by the storm, they had dentures ready to be delivered, gone. They were in treatment plans, students not there to complete them. Everyone can help. If not with your own hands with one hand, a pen, and a check to donate to these good causes to help. Bravo RAM, MOM, and all the organizations that are reaching out to people in need here and in other countries. Keep up the good work.

[teresagardner7]

As executive director of the Health Wagon whose organization has spearheaded the planning of eight RAM expeditions in Southwest Virginia, words cannot express what this has meant to our community in regards to health care access. The event is Wise County is the largest health care outreach of its kind in the nation. We are currently planning our 9th expedition for July 25-27, 2008. This has become an annual event for our region as over 1300 dedicated volunteers came to our area to provide health care to those in need during our last event. Our 2007 event provided over 8,400 patient encounters and over $1.6 million dollars of free care during a three day period. The RAM organization is truly incredible and Stan Brock and team are true modern days heroes in our eyes as well as all the volunteers, civic organizations, hospitals, churches, businesses and individuals that give of their time, talent and resources to make this event possible.

[bluesky4me]

This is one of the problems that we think is everywhere else but here. Surprise..... Universal healthcare is not the answer, AFFORDABLE healthcare is!

[Martha Z]

I was not aware that this kind of thing was going on in our own country. These further strengthens the need that this country has for Universal Healthcare.