Street doctors bring health care to homeless people in Los Angeles

More than 700,000 Americans experienced homelessness last year. In addition to being unhoused, many are suffering from a lack of adequate medical care. Elise Preston found one initiative in Los Angeles where the doctors aren't in an office or house, they're in a van searching for their next patient.

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Street doctors bring health care to homeless people in Los Angeles

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