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theHandpuppet

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5. 60 Mintues Overtime -- more on the Health Wagon
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 05:02 PM
Apr 2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-with-the-health-wagon/
Very cool. You can watch the videos at the above link, with accompanying article.

On the road with the Health Wagon
It's not the first time Scott Pelley stepped foot on the beat-up Winnebago where the working poor of Appalachia get free health care
This week, 60 Minutes boarded the Health Wagon, a mobile health clinic in a beat-up Winnebago. It's run by Teresa Gardner and Paula Meade, two nurse practitioners who navigate the hills and hollows of Appalachia, providing free medical care to the working poor.

But, as 60 Minutes Overtime discovered, this week's story isn't the first time Scott Pelley and 60 Minutes producer Henry Schuster stepped foot on the Health Wagon.

Six years ago, the team encountered that same Winnebago while reporting another 60 Minutes story called "Lifeline" about a charity that air drops weekend-long health clinics into remote, needy areas of the country.

"To see hundreds of people line up before dawn just because they have a chance to see a doctor about something that's probably been bedeviling them for years-- it's enormously moving," says Pelley.... MORE

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Thanks for the heads up! theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #1
Just finished watching the segment on 60 Minutes theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #2
Here's the HealthWagon website theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #3
Thanks for the link. Purrfessor Apr 2014 #4
60 Mintues Overtime -- more on the Health Wagon theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #5
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