RAM provides free medical care to uninsured and underinsured Americans

60 Minutes - Newsmakers RAM pop-up clinics provide free medical, dental, and vision care to uninsured or underinsured Americans .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes.jpg'); } By Scott Pelley, Scott Pelley Correspondent, 60 Minutes Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded journalists today, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. The 2024-25 season is his 21st on the broadcast. Scott has won half of all major awards earned by 60 Minutes during his tenure at the venerable CBS newsmagazine. Read Full Bio Scott Pelley, Henry Schuster, Henry Schuster Henry Schuster is a producer for 60 Minutes and has covered stories ranging from child labor in Nebraska to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. He joined 60 Minutes in 2007, working with correspondent Scott Pelley. Read Full Bio Henry Schuster, Sarah Turcotte April 5, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google About one third of Americans say they have skipped meals, borrowed money, or cut back on utilities to pay for health care. That's in a Gallup poll released in March. The Trump administration has lowered prices on more than 50 drugs. But it also let premiums rise — even double — in the Affordable Care marketplace and made the biggest cuts ever to Medicaid. Already, 3 million have lost insurance and it's estimated it'll be 10 million in three years. All of this reminded us of our story in 2008, about a charity called Remote Area Medical. RAM started out parachuting doctors into South American jungles. But in the 1990s, it turned to another isolated people: Americans cut off from health care by the cost. Recently, we returned to RAM at one of its free, pop-up clinics. For Americans long on pain and short on hope, RAM is a ray of mercy in the darkness. The parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee began to fill early. In a frigid February, many drove hundreds of miles in desperation. Nearby, Remote Area Medical would ope...