On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired a segment called “Lifeline” and told a heart-wrenching story. The Remote Area Medical program, created to provide no-cost healthcare, is a god-send to those in need. Stan Brock, the program’s founder, organizes volunteer doctors, nurses, and others to offer free medical, dental, vision services, and more. Initially set up to provide free care to places (like the Amazon), it now offers free clinics throughout the US, helping     uninsured and underinsured Americans.

From CBSnews.com . . .  ”In a matter of hours, Remote Area Medical set up its massive clinic, for a weekend, in an exhibit hall in Knoxville, Tenn. Tools for dentists were laid out by the yard, optometrists prepared to make hundreds of pairs of glasses, general medical doctors set up for whatever might come though the door. Nearly everything is donated, and everyone is a volunteer.”

. . . . “Marty Tankersley came with his wife and his daughter, asleep behind the front seats. Tankersley says he drove some 200 miles to get to the clinic and slept in the parking lot for hours.

“Just to have this done?” Pelley asked.

“Yes, sir. I’ve been in some very excruciating pain,” he replied.

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