The u. S. A recent gallup poll found one fourth of americans say they or a Family Member delayed treatment for a serious medical condition because they couldnt afford it. Thats where volunteer health clinics, like remote area medical or ram are stepping up to fill the gap. Ram, and its volunteer doctors, have provided more than 785 thousand patients with free medical care since 1985. And the number of individuals served has more than doubled just in the last six years. At a recent twoday clinic in suitland, maryland, near washington, d. C. , people lined up outside in the cold waiting for care and once inside, they were grateful for the help. At least somebody cares. With the big government, they dont care. Especially if you cant afford it. You go to a hospital, which ive had many times, and i get these outrageous bills. But i have to go to the hospital. I dont have a choice. Soledad jeff eastman is the ceo of remote area medical. Thanks for joining me. Walk me through how it works. Ho
Weve done quite a few shows on census 2020 because so much is riding on the results, especially for the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. To talk about whats at stake and how the community can help is tim olson, associate director for Field Operations for the us census bureau, and the agencys hiring manager, salvador noble. Welcome to the show. Both thank you. Thank you. Robert now, you know people all think they know what the census is and we know that its kind of the population count, but give us sort of an overview in terms of what the census is so people understand what were talking about. Tim robert, thank you for having us. So the census, we conduct it once every 10 years. We started it in 1790 at the very founding of the country. Its in the us constitution. And the reason we do the census is to make sure that the us house of representatives fairly represents each state based on their population. So today when we conduct the census, whats critical is that every per