I was born in Oak Ridge in 1947. The town was still under the control of the Army, so I was born in an Army Hospital by an Army Doctor. My government run health care started at an early age.
I have had to laugh at background checks and US citizen questions. I don't think you can get much more American than those of us born on the Manhattan Project reservations after being conceived in celebration of VJ-Day or the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.
Until the Army turned over the city, we were all treated by Army medical staff at no cost. I always figured when the ultimate health physics report came out, citizens of Oak Ridge and kids born in Oak Ridge would be way out on top of the rest of the country, since we had government provided health care from the time we were born to the time we left home, or graduated from college. First from the Army, then from our parents' Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance. In fact Dad still had a BC/BS insurance policy when he passed away.
Nothing beats great health care and good genes! Thanks DOD for getting us off to such a good start. Particularly with that fluoride experiment on our teeth we participated in at Cedar Hill school.
