Free Health Clinics
Starting in 2009, in a response to the controversy over Obama's health care proposal, Olbermann, in conjunction with the National Association of Free Clinics, petitioned his viewers to donate money to provide free clinics in several major cities across the country. This effort spread to other MSNBC shows such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Dylan Ratigan Show, and continued on the Current TV edition of Countdown.
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Famous quotes containing the words free and/or health:
“‘Society’ in America means all the honest, kindly-mannered, pleasant- voiced women, and all the good, brave, unassuming men, between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Each of these has a free pass in every city and village, ‘good for this generation only,’ and it depends on each to make use of this pass or not as it may happen to suit his or her fancy.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
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