Remote Area Medical expeditions provide free health care to those who cannot afford to pay for it.
In the January 2, 2010 article " Lessons of a weekend of free health care ," Associated Press national writer Adam Geller reports on a Remote Area Medical (RAM) expedition to provide medical services to those in need. MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. – The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running. Hannah's prayers have brought them here. Now there's little to do but turn up the car's heat, try to get some sleep and wait for morning — and a set of glass and metal doors to open. Still, Hannah doesn't complain. The 26-year-old mother of three has waited "pretty much as long as I can remember" to escape the pain throbbing through her jaws. Jack lost his road construction job a year ago and health insurance is out of the question. If the answer to Hannah's misery can be found behind those doors, then what's 10 hours more? Out in the dark, the Hursts have plenty of company. Even before 10 p.m. on Friday in late fall...