Recently, 60 Minutes heard about an American relief organization that airdrops doctors and medicine into the jungles of the Amazon. It's called Remote Area Medical, or "RAM" for short.

In the expedition to Knoxville, RAM saw 920 patients, made 500 pairs of glasses, did 94 mammograms, extracted 1,066 teeth and did 567 fillings.

Nurse practitioner Teresa Gardner, who brought in a portable women’s health clinic from Wise, Va., was worried about Rebecca McWilliams. McWilliams had surgery for cervical cancer in 2005, but without the recommended follow up.

"It's been two, about two years since I've had my last pap smear and I was supposed to have every six months and I’ve only had it once since that surgery," McWilliams told Pelley.

"I think many doctors would say you've taken a terrible risk waiting this long," Pelley remarked.

"I've really have. But it's just, like I said, it's very hard to afford it. I have three kids. And my husband lost his job this past summer," McWilliams, 28, explained.

McWilliams' pap smear came back clear, but in her exam Gardner found reason to worry. "I think just from the clinical inspection of the cervix that, you know, possibly, there is a possibility that cancer, you know, still being there," Gardner explained.

An unfortunate story.

However, my problem with the story is the fact that 60 Minutes uses cases like the one above, to move heartstrings, to directly suggest people need socialized medicine to survive.

No. You're right. You know, it really, I am sad that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, and we don't take care of our own.

Look, when I found out I had HPV and needed to have surgery my employer's health insurance hooked me up. Then, I went to work on a campaign and I was screwed - no insurance. I was like McWilliams, no follow up. I thought 'crap this is going to cost hundreds!'.

However, it didn't cost hundreds just a hundred. I, the uninsured, called around and I found out that a pap smear test cost $43 and the visit was another $85. Not bad. The icing on the cake was that when I said I didn't have insurance, offices were more likely to book an appt sooner than when I had insurance.

For you think tank men, an OBGYN visit can be a struggle. Most of the time, women can never get an appt when they want one, our crotches have to wait.

Any who, the point of this rant.

60 Minutes should be covering the stories of people who are uninsured and make it. The program should empower consumers, give tips, not show helplessness.

Teach the uninsured how to fish, don't just give them the fish.