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Convention Center Turns Into Giant Clinic
Dallas Convention Center served as a clinic for the one-day event
By Andres Gutierrez
Sunday, Sep 30, 2012

The Teniente family doesn't have health insurance and are among the thousands of people here at the C.A.R.E. Clinic.

Last time Lizette Teniente went to the eye doctor was four years ago. "Well we don't have the money to go to the doctor and get my vision checked," Teniente said.

Her case is common in our area. Right here in the Metroplex there are just under a million people who are uninsured.

"The people we're seeing today are hard-working Americans,” Dr. Bobby Kapur, a professor with the Baylor College of Medicine said. “These are people who have two part-time jobs or they have hourly wages or simply they don't have jobs that allow them to get health insurance." ...