Edwards calls health care access in U.S. 'shameful'

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==Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards called for universal healthcare during a Wednesday visit to the Wise County site of this weekend’s Rural Area Medical Health Expedition.

Edwards' visit was part of a three-day, 1,800-mile “The Road To One America” tour to address national poverty issues. Access to affordable healthcare is a shameful aspect of a nation that should and could do much better by its citizens, Edwards said.

“How can we live with this in America?” Edwards said of the feeble state of healthcare access during an outdoor roundtable discussion featuring local doctors and other providers, and two past recipients of RAM services. “This is not OK.”

Wednesday’s discussion was “not just to identify the challenges” of healthcare access issues, Edwards said. “The challenges do not define the people of this area,” he said, rather rural Americans define themselves with their resilience, work and moral ethic, and courage.==

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[brentspeak]

1. k and r

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[Supersedeas]

2. nothing to see here -- feed them some infortainment E-quality news

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3. Hey, did you hear Edwards once got a haircut? nt