[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO MOBILEMED OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 24, 2007

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my 
appreciation and gratitude to Mobile Medical Care, Inc. for its 40 
years of service to the medically disadvantaged of Montgomery County, 
Maryland.
  MobileMed was founded in 1967 by the late Dr. Herman Meyersburg and 
Dr. George Cohen. While serving as a volunteer tutor in a home-study 
program in the Kensington community, Dr. Meyersburg noticed that many 
program participants were without health insurance or access to medical 
care. In its early years, MobileMed was funded largely through the 
contributions of its own volunteer physicians. Its first clinic was 
located in the basement of a Kensington church.
  Today, 27 staff members and over 200 volunteer medical professionals 
provide health care services to approximately 5,000 Montgomery County 
residents each year, including 1,500 Head Start children. Through 
increased funding and volunteer participation, MobileMed seeks to 
expand its ability to serve more of the estimated 100,000 Montgomery 
County residents who cannot afford health care.
  Throughout the last 40 years, MobileMed has fulfilled its mission of 
providing low-cost medical care to our community's homeless, low 
income, uninsured, and working poor in a respectful, competent, and 
compassionate manner. We in Montgomery County, Maryland are grateful 
for the dedication and efforts of MobileMed and its volunteers.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing and honoring forty years 
of dedicated and outstanding service by MobileMed.

                          ____________________