Montgomery County Medical Clinic

I spent the day out at the Home Show at the armory. I had a booth there to advertise the Montgomery County Medical Clinic. I had one hundred brochures when I set up and nine are left. There were so many people who have no insurance. One woman was laid off this week and she had been with the hospital for 18 years.

Another woman told me about having to go to the emergency room for a sore throat. The bill was $880. She said she would be paying that off for awhile.

Another told me her aunt and uncle were both taken to Wichita by helicopter for heart attacks at the same time. It turned out there was a carbon monoxide leak in their house. The woman's bill was $60,000 and the man's was $80,000. His veteran's insurance doesn't cover helicopters. What do these people do?

My sister was taken by ambulance to the hospital after breaking her hip. The hospital is two blocks away and they billed Medicare $1300.

It's no wonder we need healthcare reform in the United States.

The Montgomery County Medical Center is located in the Tatman Cancer Clinic at the hospital. They are charging us $1 a year rent. Doctors are volunteering and so are nurses. They are open Tuesday evenings from 4:00 until 7:00 right now but will soon expand their days. You go through the doors on the west side of the hospital to get in there.