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For Millions In Georgia, A Toothache Not Treated By Obamacare

  • May 29, 2015
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It’s barely past opening time, and the waiting room at the Mercy Care clinic in downtown Atlanta is standing-room-only. Bruce Williams, 53, grimaces. He has a gum infection and needs surgery. But he doesn’t have dental insurance, or a job, or money. So he gets by as best he can, eating soft foods in tiny bites. “I have headaches all in the front of my head,” said Williams, trying to talk without moving his lips and mouth too much. “I’m just here to see what they can do.” Williams, who lives in Atlanta, is one of the estimated more than 4 million Georgians without dental coverage. Many haven’t seen a dentist in decades. Places like Mercy Care offer free dental clinics, but resources are limited

In Sunlit Paradise, Seniors Go Hungry

  • May 26, 2015
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NAPLES, Fla.— It wasn’t until the Maffuccis found themselves living on cups of coffee, and coffee alone, that they finally called a food pantry for help. The couple had sold their suburban New Jersey home where they had raised three children and set out to pursue the glossy dream of an easy-going retirement in sunny southwest Florida. But Mina and Angelo Maffucci quickly ran out of money—overtaken by illness, bad luck and an economic crisis that claimed their Florida dream home to foreclosure. They soon found themselves staring at an empty cupboard. “You open up the closet and all we had was coffee,” said Angelo Maffucci, 82, who had been a drywall installer in New Jersey. “I never thought we would be down on our