In the midst of this,my editorial on health care printed today

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http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011/02/27/opinion/doc4d69e7bf77bad417673392.txt

The reality about Texas is that we lead the nation in those with no medical or dental insurance. Many of the uninsured live in Ellis County. With that in mind, here are a few resources for dental, hearing and vision programs that will hopefully benefit someone you know.

Dentistry From The Heart is a volunteer organization of dentists dedicated to providing care for the uninsured. There will be several events in march in Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding Texas towns.

http://www.dentistryfromtheheart.org/

Give Back a Smile is an organization dedicated to providing cosmetic dental care to abuse survivors.

http://www.aacd.com/index.php?module=cms&page=47

Prevent Blindness of Texas has several screening and support programs for adults and children with vision disorders.

http://www.preventblindness.org/TX/TX_programs.html#partners

Unite For Sight is an organization dedicated to providing services for all to prevent blindness. These include collaboration with major medical organizations for eye care, eyeglasses and more.

http://www.uniteforsight.org/start-a-chapter/best-practices#programs

Miracle Ear provides assistance for children’s hearing aid products.

http://www.miracle-ear.com/childrenrequest.aspx

The Starkey Hearing Foundation has several programs to assist with obtaining hearing aids.

http://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/index.php

The National Association of the Deaf has many resources for hearing-impaired adults and children.

http://www.nad.org/

If you know someone who can benefit from one of these programs, please refer them. If you can spare a few dollars, consider donating so your neighbors can see, hear and smile again.

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1. Good for you!