Walgreens announced on Tuesday it will provide free care at its 341 Take Care clinics. The free services will be provided to patients and their uninsured families who have lost their job and health insurance after March 31, 2009. What’s not covered? Free checkups, vaccinations or other injections because the intent is to “provide services [...]
Florida, a state with among the highest rates of uninsured residents, could become the national leader in health care access with the investment of more than $10 million in federal stimulus dollars to fund eight new or expanded Florida community health centers.But state officials say the federal dollars aren’t enough.
The Florida Association of Community Health [...]
New Hampshire physician Dr. Kevin Pho aka “KevinMD” asks patients, “Would you waive your right to sue a doctor to obtain free medical care?” noting that patients might find many more physicians offering free care by signing such a waiver.
Most charitable clinics and pharmacies across the country provide free and/or reduced medical care through the [...]
President Obama announced he plans to allocate $155 million to support 126 new community health centers.
“These health centers will expand access to care by helping people in need — many with no health insurance — obtain access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care services,” Obama told a news conference.”That helps relieve the burden on [...]
Back in November, I was driving home from the Nashville Downtown YMCA (often a home for those without) listening to NPR’s Fresh Air interview with Dr. Jim Withers as he described dressing as a homeless person to provide medical care to the unsheltered homeless population on the streets of Pittsburgh. His efforts began in 1992 [...]
NACHC President and CEO, Tom Van Coverdan, celebrates the passing of the economic stimulus package. “This is the largest one-time investment in the 45-year history of health centers and will make quality care more accessible to millions of people in addition to creating jobs.”
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allocates over $2 billion [...]
First Lady, Michelle Obama, made her first solo trip outside the White House to Mary’s Center—a community health center providing care to pregnant women and their infants in predominantly Latino areas of Washington D.C. The center also provides family literacy and social services that include home visitation for pregnant women, counseling and early intervention for [...]
Registration is now open for the National Association of Community Health Centers’s 2009 Policy & Issues Forum. It will be held March 24-29 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
As the Obama administration and Congress develop solutions to reform America’s health care system, the Forum is your chance to be heard in Washington.
For [...]
As many of us already know, access to community clinics is directly associated with reduced emergency room visits, ultimately saving hospitals millions of dollars each year. A study by the Morehouse School of Medicine is the latest to support this finding.
For more information, visit http://www.nachc.org/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=379
New Grant Opportunity from the HRSA has posted a funding opportunity [...]
As I talk with clinics across the country, I am continually confronted with unique eligibility requirements. Our own policy at the Dispensary of Hope is that patients earn less than 200% of the FPL and have no prescription drug coverage. I’ve found that most of our dispensing sites have at least these requirements and are often even more rigid with additional limitations related to age, residential status, and FPL percentage. But there is one criterion that is of particular interest due to the current economic condition–patients must be employed.
