Free & Charitable Clinics in the News

Free clinics: The little-known safety net of US healthcare

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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46526775?fbclid=IwAR1WaGOo5eY0BABRBxvH4puqrjLkAtC8zmKKETOsEaP6X0sJYgHsCmP893Q#
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CVS Health Announces Commitment to Build Healthier Communities in Ohio
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CVS Health
https://cvshealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-health-announces-commitment-build-healthier-communities-ohio
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About 323,000 will remain uninsured after Medicaid expansion. Will Virginia’s free clinics still be able to meet the need?

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Virginia Mercury
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2018/08/20/about-323000-will-remain-uninsured-after-medicaid-expansion-will-virginias-free-clini
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Smith Medical Clinic receives $20K grant for Health Matters program

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South Strand News
https://www.southstrandnews.com/community/smith-medical-clinic-receives-k-grant-for-health-matters-program/article_eef9a3be-8eaf
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Healthcare with “dignity” given to those in need

The 56-year-old farm employee from Marshall works about...

Fauquier Now
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/article/fauquier-healthcare-with-dignity-given-to-those-in-need-2018
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With grant, Oasis expands health reach - Funding bolsters clinic’s diabetic, nutrition care

Ally Messier was just four years old when she was...

The Times Record
https://www.timesrecord.com/articles/front-page/with-grant-oasis-expands-health-reach/
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Lakewood's North Coast Health receives $20,000 grant toward chronic conditions initiative

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- North Coast Health -- which provides...

Cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2018/07/lakewoods_north_coast_health_r.html
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Neighborhood Health Clinic awarded grant for generator

Neighborhood Health Clinic won’t be without power this...

Naples Daily News
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/health/2018/06/14/collier-health-clinic-awarded-national-grant-buy-generator/695868002/
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CVIM fill the gaps where insurance falls short

“Everyone has a right to quality health care.”

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Centre Daily Times
https://www.centredaily.com/living/eat-play-live/article155826759.html
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PediPlace: A Heart for Kids’ Health

Seven-year-old Jake, who has asthma, once made frequent...

Texas Co-op Power
https://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/co-ops-at-work/pediplace-a-heart-for-kids-health
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Health Care Clinic Touts Savings; Announces Plans For Dental Care

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GLT 89.1
http://wglt.org/post/health-care-clinic-touts-savings-announces-plans-dental-care#stream/0
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CVS Health Foundation Awards Grant to Leahy Clinic

The Edward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic for the Uninsured...

The University of Scranton Royal News
http://news.scranton.edu/articles/2018/04/news-CVS-Found-LeahyClinic-2018.shtml?utm_source=RoyalNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_conten
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Orlando free clinic Grace Medical Home part of pre-diabetes study

Grace Medical Home is one of two free clinics in the...

Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/get-healthy-orlando/os-grace-medical-home-diabetes-prevention-20180411-story.html
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Parish Outreach Center receives grant for diabetic care program

The Geneseo Parish Outreach Center, a clinic providing...

Livingston County News
http://www.thelcn.com/lcn05/parish-outreach-center-receives-grant-for-diabetic-care-program-20180402
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Free Clinic receives $20K grant

The CVS Health Foundation— a private charitable...

Simi Valley Acorn
https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/free-clinic-receives-20k-grant/
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Diabetes prevention program gets boost from grant to West Chester Community Volunteers in Medicine

West Chester >> The CVS Health Foundation – a...

Daily Local News
http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20180330/diabetes-prevention-program-gets-boost-from-grant-to-west-chester-community-volu
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LaGrange clinic gets grant for diabetes, hypertension care

Hope Health Clinic is an organization based in La Grange...

Madison Courier
https://madisoncourier.com/Content/People/People/Article/LaGrange-clinic-gets-grant-for-diabetes-hypertension-care/176/303/10821
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Geneseo Parish Outreach Center Receives 10k Grant from CVS Health Foundation

GENESEO — The CVS Health Foundation  in partnership with...

Genesee Sun
https://geneseesun.com/geneseo-parish-outreach-center-receives-10k-grant-from-cvs-health-foundation/
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Mission of Mercy receives grant to treat more patients with diabetes, hypertension
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The Frederick News - Post
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/health/treatment_and_diseases/mission-of-mercy-receives-grant-to-treat-more-patients-with
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Wendy's Recognizes 10 Employees for Giving Back to Their Local Communities

DUBLIN, Ohio, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Give...

The Wendy's Company - Press Release
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wendys-recognizes-10-employees-for-giving-back-to-their-local-communities-300610159.htm
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Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic opens bigger location on John's Island

JOHN'S ISLAND, S.C. (...

WCIV ABC News 4, Charleston, South Carolina
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/barrier-island-free-medical-clinic-opens-bigger-l...
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Taylors Free Clinic Grows To Serve Growing Need

The Taylors Free Medical Clinic saw a patient who was...

Greenville Business Magazine
http://www.greenvillebusinessmag.com/2018/03/06/168374/taylors-free-clinic-grows...
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San José Clinic President and CEO named national Thought Leader by New England Journal of Medicine - Catalyst

HOUSTON – Paule Anne Lewis, president and CEO of San...

Press Release - San Jose Clinic
https://catalyst.nejm.org/about/thought-leaders/paule-anne-lewis/
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All Are Welcome: Health Clinics Work to Allay Fears of Immigrant Patients and their Families

Just beyond the reception desks at the two Clinica...

California Health Report
http://www.calhealthreport.org/2018/02/22/welcome-health-clinics-work-allay-fear...
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St. Pete free clinic offers healthcare, hope

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FOX 13 WTVT
http://www.fox13news.com/news/what-s-right-with-tampa-bay/st-pete-free-clinic-of...
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Three groups come together to fill medical need in Naples

Neighborhood Health Clinic and St. Matthew’s House have...

Naples Daily News
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/health/2018/02/17/three-groups-come-togeth...
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Food as medicine: Greenville Free Clinic brings farmers market to patients

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Greenville News
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/02/16/greenville-free-clinic-brings-farmers-market-free-produce-patients/106593
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United Nations Envoy Visits West Virginia

A United Nations envoy visited West Virginia on a two-...

WOWK TV
http://www.wowktv.com/news/local-news/united-nations-envoy-visits-west-virginia/880827919
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20 years of service - Free Clinic celebrates two decades of success in the Mountain Empire

BRISTOL, Tenn. — In 1997, Beth Flannagan and the Mission...

Bristol Herald Courier
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/free-clinic-celebrates-two-decades-of-success-...
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Stephanie Garris: Free and Charitable Clinics Have Important Hurricane Role

The storms that barreled through Florida and wreaked...

Florida Politics
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/248989-stephanie-garris-free-charitable-clin...
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Volunteering for Retired Ophthalmologists

Volunteering has been the hallmark of medicine and...

American Academy of Ophthalmology
https://www.aao.org/senior-ophthalmologists/scope/article/volunteering-retired-o...
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ER visits for diabetes on the rise in Georgia

Roughly twice a month, a charitable clinic in rural...

Georgia Health News - Gwinnett Daily Post
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/health/er-visits-for-diabetes-on-the-rise...
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The Demand for Volunteer Physicians Is Rising. The Number of Uninsured Is Too

The class and financial borders in Bridgeport,...

Nation Swell
http://nationswell.com/demand-volunteer-physicians-free-health-clinics/
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Another outbreak related to the nation’s opioid crisis: hepatitis C

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The nation’s opioid epidemic has...

Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/another-outbreak-related-to-the-nations-opioid-crisis-hepatitis-c/2017/10/17/eb24e7b6-a0
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Family Health Partnership Clinic, PADS expand mobile health care offerings to homeless

The Family Health Partnership Clinic and Sage Legacy...

Northwest Herald
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/09/12/family-health-partnership-clinic-pads-expand-...
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Mosquitoes, Medicine and Mold: Texas Battles Post-Harvey Health Issues

Dr. Carrie de Moor has a nasty cough, and she’s not sure...

NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/mosquitoes-medicine-mold-texa...
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The Free Health Clinic Nestled Amongst Hilton Head Island’s High-End Resorts

The clinic is called Volunteers in Medicine and was the...

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/the-free-health-clinic-nestled-amongst...
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New Building Doubles Size Of St. Petersburg Free Clinic

The St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s health center has a new...

WUSF News
http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/new-building-doubles-size-st-petersburg-free-c...
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What Virginia's poorest citizens want from health care

As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to repeal and replace...

PBS News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/video/3002655073/
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Mobile dental clinic makes first stop in Logan

West Virginia Health Right’s free mobile dental health...

The Logan Banner
https://www.loganbanner.com/news/mobile-dental-clinic-makes-first-stop-in-logan/...
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Kaine talks health care during visit to Free Clinic of Culpeper

Brenda Roy doesn’t have health insurance.

A...

Culpeper Times
http://culpepertimes.com/2017/06/21/kaine-talks-health-care-during-visit-to-free...
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Free mobile dental clinic to visit 6 WV counties

West Virginia Health Right will set up a free mobile...

Charleston Gazette-Mail
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-health/20170524/free-mobile-dental-clinic-to-v...
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Building a Healthy America

As our elected officials in Washington are debating the...

Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article140475883.html
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Lackey Clinic volunteers honored as Daily Press Citizens of the Year

More than 20 years ago, the Lackey Clinic was operating...

Daily Press
http://www.dailypress.com/news/york-county/dp-nws-lackey-clinic-citizen-of-the-y...
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2017 Health Care Heroes | Western Tidewater Free Clinic, community service

“Many hands make light work.” Nowhere is that more...

Inside Business
https://pilotonline.com/inside-business/special-reports/health-care-heroes/healt...
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With demand already up, free clinics anticipate more need

When AmeriCares Free Clinics opened a new facility to...

The Connecticut Mirror
http://ctmirror.org/2017/02/15/with-demand-already-up-free-clinics-anticipate-more-need/
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Affordable Care Act: Access to insurance is no guarantee a person will have access to care

Paul Vondra is just the sort of person the architects of...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2016/09/05/Access-to-insurance-is-no-guarantee-a-person-will-have-acces
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Virginia's free clinics 'really struggling' in the face of growing hurdles

Anna Griswold was about 20 years old when she began...

Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_f1e3a449-a6c4-5d31-ab46-1b04966c8bda.html
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Needle exchange tops 300 in first year

MORGANTOWN — Jane’s arms, legs and stomach are bruised...

The Dominion Post
http://thedpost.com/Needle-exchange-tops-300-in-firs
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Mobile health clinic expands to mental health care

BLOOMINGTON — People with chronic mental illness die —...

The Pantagraph
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/mobile-health-clinic-expands-to-mental-health-care/article_01e9cdd5-da1a-5168-913e-e8843c11
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Free Clinics Expanding Mission To Help Insured Patients With High Expenses

Denise Johnson works two jobs, but neither of them...

Kaiser Health News
http://khn.org/news/free-clinics-expanding-mission-to-help-insured-patients-with-high-expenses/
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Need for free care continues despite Affordable Care Act

MOORESVILLE - Alex Ming figures he’d be dead of a heart...

The News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article51749825.html
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Greenville Free Medical Clinic: Quality Care with Compassion

What does the word "free" mean to you?  Something of no...

Greenville Business Magazine
http://www.mirabelsmagazinecentral.com/DigitalEdition/index.html?id=8b2fdbf5-ba4...
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Free Clinic organizers want people to know: ‘We’re not going anywhere’

With the Affordable Care Act...

River Falls Journal
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/life/health/3745803-free-clinic-organizers-want...
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Health insurance changes affecting free medical clinics

The KennyBurkett Clinic of Lagrange is closing because...

wane.com
http://wane.com/2015/04/14/affordable-care-act-isnt-helping-matthew-25-patients/
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In Wisconsin, Free Clinics Brace for More Fallout

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is making life...

womensenews.org
http://womensenews.org/story/in-the-courts/150403/in-wisconsin-free-clinics-brac...
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Doctors' Appreciation Day: Docs offer free care at Crystal Lake clinic

Suzanne Hoban said it takes a “special kind of doctor”...

Northwest Herald
http://www.nwherald.com/2015/03/27/doctors-appreciation-day-docs-offer-free-care...
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Doctors, Nurses Offer Free Care At Malta House Mobile Clinic

When the Malta House of Care Mobile Medical Clinic...

Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/hometown-heroes/hc-hometown-hero-malta-house-20150329-sto...
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AmeriCares: No drop in demand at free clinics

One year ago Tuesday we raced against the clock to...

Stamford Advocate Opinion
http://m.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/AmeriCares-No-drop-in-demand-at-fr...
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Military Doctors Can Now Volunteer at Free Clinics in MS

The Bethel Free Health Clinic in Biloxi has been dealing...

WXXV25 FOX
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Military-Doctors-Can-Now-Volunteer-at-Fre...
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Demand for free medical clinics still high after ‘Obamacare’ expansion

Unable to afford a visit to the doctor, part-time baby...

Aljazeera America
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/19/free-medical-clinics-see-high-de...
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“Dancing Like Ginger Rogers”: The Remarkable Work of Free and Charitable Clinics

At a recent grantee breakfast hosted by a corporate...

Non Profit Quarterly
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/02/16/dancing-like-ginger-rogers-the-remarka...
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Patching the Safety Net

A female patient recently visited the East Orlando...

Orlando Medical News
http://digital.turn-page.com/i/455551-orlando-medical-news-february-2015
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UF, UCF med students learn at clinic for poor

Every other Thursday night, UCF medical students don...

Orlando Sentinel
http://eeditionmobile.orlandosentinel.com/Olive/Tablet/OrlandoSentinel/SharedArt...
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For many in Va., Medicaid coverage gap is unaffordable

The army of counselors who help people sign up online...

The Virginian Pilot
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/12/many-va-medicaid-coverage-gap-unaffordable
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For Arlington’s poor, medical care is the prize in a free clinic’s lottery

One by one, the winning lottery numbers were called, 20...

The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-arlingtons-poor-medical-care-is-a-chanc...
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Free clinics struggling with demand despite Obamacare

Despite more people having access to health care through...

The News-Herald
http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20141118/free-clinics-struggling-with-de...
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