EL CRUJIR DE DIENTES. Slate's Molly McCloy has a nice little piece today about the common practice in the southern border states of dealing with America's health care affordability crisis by going to Mexico for medical care. Molly and her parents crossed the border from Arizona in search of elaborate dentalwork, just as my parents used to do when they lived in New Mexico and my dad needed things like bridges that weren't covered by the Veteran's Administration system he relied on for the rest of his care. This led my parents to one of their many dark jokes:
"What do you get when you cross NAFTA with the Clinton Healthcare Plan? Affordable health care for everyone -- you just have to go to Mexico to get it."
--Garance Franke-Ruta
