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Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program team member Dr. Patrick Perri, left, listens to the lungs of a homeless man with a suspected case of pneumonia in a diner in Boston, Mass., Dec. 15, 2010. The program's street team has worked for 25 years to bring quality health care to Boston's chronically homeless.

Medical street team brings health care to Boston's homeless

Read more about the Boston Health Care For The Homeless Program at their website.

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Only the rich and the very poor get health care in this country.....We had free health care for 3 months in PA when both the hubby and I were out of work (and no unemployment benefits, we had been doing contract work before). Then I got a job as an aide at a school, paying $17,900 a year, no benefits. And we lost our free health care! Guess $17,900 per annum for a family of four is not poverty level... If I had wanted to buy health insurance, my entire salary would not have been enough...

    Reply#1 - Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:34 AM EST

    Yah health care in america isnt good and not getting any better. drs are seeing so many patients that they miss things or they tell you to just go home and take some tylenol and hope they dont get you the next time you come in hurting and then forget about you as soon as your out the door. Iam drowing in medical bills and I never seem to feel any better. I guess the worst is you know when you go to the drs that they are so taxed that they almost dont want to see you and once your a certain age they figure why bother your old anyway. Sucks huh.

      Reply#2 - Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:37 AM EST
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