U.S. Military Brings Healthcare To The Poor On Texas-Mexico Border

COLONIA LAS LOMAS, TX - AUGUST 05: Ilda Sanchez brings out one of her homemade pinatas in the 'Colonia' of Las Lomas in Starr County, Texas August 5, 2008. Sanchez, known in the area as 'La Senora Pinatas', sells her pinatas throughout the area for $20 each. By many social indicators, Starr County is the poorest county in the United States. Few of its residents have full health or dental insurance and many of them must travel across the border to Mexico in order to get medical attention and buy medicine. The two-week Operation Lone Star, run by the Texas armed forces and state health officials, provided free medical care to more than 10,000 people in areas along the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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