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Need, Taking medicine structures Gimber's day, paying bills fills it. Unable to afford a place of her own, she must depend on her daughter Sue Holt. Gimber helps Holt prepare the addition onto the home the family shares. 'I have to live with her,'…

Faith, Pat Gimber cashed in her life insurance in order to be considered needy enough for Medicaid. This heart transplant recipient pays $2000 per month in prescriptions. She prays every morning before beginning the regimen of pills that keep her…

Pain, Every few months, Jean Justic must receive a cortisone epidural at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center for pain management. 'There are times when I'd like to throw all this medicine out the window,' she says. 'I get so tired of it all, but it…

Shorewood, Ed and Jean Justic, both in their late 60s, spend the day driving from pharmacy to pharmacy searching for the cheapest medicines to fight their arthritis. In Joliet, Pat Gimber, 66, prays over a meager breakfast atop a paper plate before…

The fate of a young girl is unknown as she plays in the doorway of her triple-decker home. Her cousin became the third child poisoned by lead at this property since 1992. Though the landlord has received 31 code violations since 1984, the problems…

The Jordan children show their excitement with jumps of joy as their family moves into a temporary lead-sate apartment offered by the HELP lead safe center. The Jordans are the first to occupy the apartment, which was dedicated by Senator Jack Reed…

After all three children are lead poisoned and two are hospitalized, the Jordan family must move from their contaminated home. The search for few housing is difficult, as they are rejected by landlords intimidated by the presence of health officials,…

A lead-poisoned boy watches as a Health Department Official inspects his home for lead. In a much debated system, an inspection is not initiated until a child is poisoned. Once the hazard is identified ñ and the child is already sick ñ the…

At a lead clinic, developmental testing is conducted on a lead-poisoned young girl to determine if she requires early intervention. Often, young children who display developmental delays will be referred to Head Start.

Lobbyists from around the United States representing DuPont and Sherwin Williams paint companies, including the former United States Solicitor General, descend upon the Rhode Island State House to defeat a bill which would allow municipalities to sue…