Poverty and Health

Interplay between poverty, health is complex, By Lillian Thomas, June 14, 2014, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Hundreds of plastic bins are stacked like jumbo shoe boxes, nearly scraping the ceiling of a bare-bones room in a former hospital. People sit nearby in rows of chairs, waiting to be matched with a pair of donated eyeglasses from the carefully labeled containers. It’s a slow process at City on a Hill, a nonprofit that runs a monthly free clinic on W. Kilbourn Ave. in Milwaukee. Many in the chairs look tired or anxious as they wait for their number to be called.Then John Patton Jr. shows up. He sprawls comfortably in his seat, throws his arms on the backs of the chairs next to him, and chats with those nearby. Then he focuses on the volunteer calling out numbers. . .”