Thread: Hundreds lining up for free healthcare checks at Inglewood

Hundreds lining up for free healthcare checks at Inglewood Forum

7:37 AM | August 11, 2009

Hundreds of people were already lining up to receive free healthcare checks at the the Forum in Inglewood.

Volunteer doctors, dentists and optometrists will conduct free health clinic for uninsured and under-insured individuals.

The eight-day healthcare event will run from 5:30 a.m to 6 p.m. and is sponsored by Remote Area Medical, a charity that in the past has staged clinics in rural sections of the United States.

People started arriving before 3. Many said they didn't have health insurance and saw this as an opportunity to be checked out. Organizers placed them in stadium seats outside the Forum, and some said they waited for hours to get medical treatment.

Since 1985, about 400,000 adults and children have been treated by the organization, its leaders said. Individuals will not be required to show proof of income or insurance or documentation of any kind for treatment, according to organizers.

Only 1,200 people a day will be scheduled for the 45 medical exam rooms, 100 dental stations and 25 eye exam sites set up at The Forum, they said. Full exams, including Mammography, chest X-rays, PAP smears, blood pressure screening and diabetes screening will be offered. Prescription eye glasses will be fitted and prepared on site, said organizers.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... forum.html

I bet the majority of the people waiting to be seen are ILLEGAL ALIENS!!! The suck up anything that is FREE!!! That's why our parks are always filled with illegals. If you go to a street fair here then there they are with their bunches of kids. ANYTHING that is FREE and you will find them there. Disgusting!! They have NO shame!

Since 1985, about 400,000 adults and children have been treated by the organization, its leaders said.


Less than a half million people seen in 24 years?

Interesting.........




Individuals will not be required to show proof of income or insurance or documentation of any kind for treatment, according to organizers.


And with no proof whatsoever, these people will be held up as "proof" of the "uninsured", won't they?

Originally Posted by azwreath

Since 1985, about 400,000 adults and children have been treated by the organization, its leaders said.


Less than a half million people seen in 24 years?

Interesting.........

How many people have you helped in the last 24 years?

Just wondering.

I saw this charity group on 60 Minutes or Dateline NBC or some show like that.

They line up doctors of all types to volunteer to work for free to help people all over the U.S. The show was about their visit to the hills of West Virgina or someplace like that where there are a lot of people who have no health care because they just can't afford any.

Theyhelp out with eye glasses, hearing aids, dental work, medical care, etc.

Its a good service, Im sure that illegals take advantage of it but as long as its not funded but taxpayers it really doesn't bother me, but illegals should be exempt seems to be good groups that put these events on. Illegals should not be treated and this should be a wake up call for everyone that when the health bill goes through well all have to wait for ever to get any kind of care.

Found it.

U.S. Health Care Gets Boost From Charity - 60 Minutes - CBS News

Feb 28, 2008 ... "60 Minutes": Remote Area Medical Finds It's Needed In America To Plug ... Remote Area Medical was founded to bring free medicine to remote ...

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/.../ ... 9496.shtml