[NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?

[Calif NP]

Good segment on 60 minutes....
Too Bad producer Michael Moore could not have included this in his movie
"Sicko" as just one more example of socialism for the rich, capitalism for
the poor, and just how broken our health care system really is!

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Subject: [NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?


> Tonight they had a segment on that if viewed, had to have moved you.
> If you care about people and care for people it had to have even
> moved you more. I can only hope you saw the segment on the
> organization that has started to provide free volunteer healthcare to
> our citizens across the USA.
> They started out as an international organization providing care in
> South America, etc., but now 60% is given throughout the USA.
> Their name is Remote Area Medical (REM) http://www.ramusa.org/ .
> Anyone ever work with them? They did a segment where they provided
> free care in Knoxville, TN and after working their tails off, they
> still turned away 500 people. They did interview an NP who was
> working with the group that weekend. Very positive.
> I (we) would like to take the first of many steps to form a liasion
> between the ACC and REM. First I need to talk with the Board.  I will
> try to collect information. If they check out and agree, we would put
> a link on our web site and ask all NPs and PAs to donate their time
> and money. As a 15 minute segment was devoted to them tonight, I can
> only suppose 60 Minutes checked them out significantly. So, I again
> ask if you know anything about them?
> So, if they have it on their web site, please watch the segment.
> Sometimes we can change the world one person at a time.
> Dave
> Dave Mittman, PA
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> Dave at comcast.netCell-973-865-4216
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> We did not come over in the same ship, but we ARE in the same boat.
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