Over three days in 2012, Remote Area Medical, pioneers of “no-cost” health care clinics, treated nearly 2,000 patients on Bristol, Tennessee’s NASCAR speedway. Remote Area Medical affords an insider’s perspective on the event, from ticket distribution determining who gets seen, to routine check-ups taking turns for the worse, to the risky means of securing pain relief. But it is the stories of the patients, desperate for medical attention, that create a lasting impression about the state of health care in America.