I graduated from Nursing school in 1972 and spent some of my training at the "satellite" neighborhood health clinics connected to Boston City Hospital. The priority was to treat the sick and use patient education to get them to be able to take care of themselves and have less hospital admissions. Such a clinic often has the indigent, homeless and people who have not had medical care. I was a staff member who did the toughest care that was not easy to do, in fact I was sought out for this care and known as the nurse who would do "anything". I didn't mind, I felt like the words on the statue of Liberty, "give my your tired , poor and in this case sick".  We helped many people to change their lives and how grateful they were, I learned so much and I have never waivered from my calling to make the world a better place than when I found it and that is by helping the most helpless of our society. The only difference is the care we gave was supported by the community. Today..........