looking to deny americans coverage. mitch mcconnell is sending letters to professional sports leagues telling them not to cooperate with any promotion about upcoming healthcare implantation warning against taking sides on obamacare. we re seeing an entire national party dedicateed to a form of sabotage to make sure ordinary working people have a hard time getting health insurance. that s it. thank about how preverse that is. we re the republican party and here to break things. they aren t just playing politics, playing with people s lives. joining me now is nicole lamero. msnbc partnered for a one-day free clinic in new orleans this wednesday, july 3rd. my first question for you is for those folks, the 700,000
yet here we are with republicans in 21 states and 6 still up in the air looking to deny low-income residents federally funded health coverage. it s not just at the state level. in the senate, mitch mcconnell and john cornyn are sending letters to professional sports leagues like the nfl and nascar telling them not to cooperate with any promotion about upcoming health care implementation warning the leagues against taking sides on obama care. we are seeing an entire national party dedicated to a form of sabotage. the intent of which is to make sure that the ordinary working people have a hard time getting health insurance. that s it. i mean, think about how perverse that is. we re the republican party and we re here to break things. they re not just playing politics. they are playing with people s lives. joining me now is nicole lamero, executive director of the national association of free and charitable clinics. msnbc has partnered with the nasc for a one day free clinic in new orlean
nicole, my first question for you is for these folks, say the 700,000 pennsylvanians who are making between the federal poverty line for a family of four, around $25,000, and 133% of that which is what the medicaid expansion would apply to, those are folks making around $32,000 a year. family of four. right. what what does it mean to them that they are not going to be eligible for hemedicaid? basically what it means it they is they re not going to get access to the much needed health care they need. basic things like a physical, testing for diabetes. things we take for granted. you know, one thing we find all across the country is those people who are healthy take their health for granted. those people that are going to be excluded from medicaid expansion need this help and they re being ignored because people are playing politics with people and that s ridiculous. and this is precisely, i mean, i think we should note here this is precisely the kind of strata that is most li
orleans on july third, uninsured adults will receive free medical care, and today these have helped thousands. joining me now, the director of the national association of free clinics. nicole, what does governor jindal need to know about the 400,000 people in his state and insurance? i think he needs to know he needs to stop being irresponsible. you know, in louisiana, they re in the top five worst states for diabetes, cholesterol issues, hypertension, this is putting people s lives at stake, why don t we help them? this is putting up a roadblock to health, being at the center of health is important.
he is just being irresponsible. nicole, you will be in new orleans on july 4th, when you are there, what are the needs people see? and how do people respond to getting health care for free? i have to tell you i see the best and worst of america in one place, the best are the msnbc viewers who have made these clinics possible and come and volunteer is and donate with us. the worst are the people who have to come to a convention center and swallow their pride to get the health care they need, and all we need all day long, is gratitude, thank you for being here and helping me and making me feel like i m an important member of our society. it is overwhelming, people just want to be healthy so they can work. 83% of our patients come from a working household. not people who are just living on the dole, they just want a hand up, not a hand out. it is truly an indignity that