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 As you can see, we now have a new page added to our website.  I want to invite you all to send in your blogs.  You can respond to a blog that someone has sent in or you can initiate a new topic. There is a lot to write about, so please send in your thoughts and ideas. 

 FREE HEATLH CARE CLINIC

 Just this past Saturday (Nov. 14), the National Assoc. of Free Clinics, along with the Louisiana Free Clinics Assoc., sponsored a free health clinic in New Orleans aimed at those who aren't currently receiving treatment because of inadequate or non-existent health coverage.
  The 727 doctors, nurses, other medical providers and non-medical volunteers diagnosed & treated over 1,000 people; many of these patients were, according to NOLA.com, discovered to have " cancer, diabetes and hypertension, and four people were so ill they were sent immediately to hospitals."
  Dr. Rani Whitfield, a physician from upstate Baton Rouge, told the website: "The need is ridiculous, so we've got to do something...These people need to be seen."
  NBC News reported the next morning that 83% of these patients were employed - so what's wrong with this picture? Is there any denying the need for quality health care reform, like the medical panel at the Nov. 8 'Health Forum/Tea(bag) Party' seem to suggest? What do you think?

James Parker, Nov. 16, 2009

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