What a freaking outrage. This book puts the “yell” in “yellow.” Deamonte Driver was twelve years old when he died of an abscessed tooth. His brother had a far worse-appearing tooth, and his mother was struggling to find a dentist who accepted their medicaid, and in the interim Deamonte’s tooth quietly worsened, until he became septic and comatose. Deamonte rebounded, but then died unexpectedly shortly after his discharge, all for a decayed tooth that would have cost eighty dollars dollars to repair. This happened in […]