[Magdalen] Remote Area Medical

[Grace Cangialosi]

Jay, I was amazed to see that they have one coming up in Harrisonburg! I don’t remember  the dates.

> On Jan 14, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 6:00 PM Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Grace:  I think you (and others here?) have worked with Remote Area Medical
>> <http://ramusa.org/>.  Interesting article in the Atlantic about Grundy,
>> VA, and that corner of Virginia, and the kind of life they live, coal,
>> disability insurance, etc.
>> 
>> The comparison is made with Arlington, VA and the rest of northern
>> Virginia, which is a whole 'nother world.
>> 
>> https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/life-
>> in-the-sickest-town-in-america/384718/?utm_source=atlfb
>> 
>> In the meantime, Kentucky is adding a work requirement onto Medicaid.....
>> 
>> Eleanor
>> 
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> 
> I did, a couple summers ago. I wanted to last year but all the nearby
> clinics conflicted with something else in my life. I’m planning to do one
> in Tennessee at the end of the month if my recovery cooperates. I’ve also
> worked on recruiting others, including my GYN, who was very receptive. I
> tell them, “It will change your life.” It changed mine, even though I
> worked with basically the same population when I did home health.