Nicole Lamoureux, National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics CEO, discusses the rising number of Americans losing health insurance. She speaks with Vonnie Quinn and Amanda Lang on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics reports 74% of its providers have seen increase in patient demand. With nearly 50M Americans currently unemployed, many are consequently left without health insurance.
The Free Clinic of Rome has seen its fair share of challenges throughout the pandemic, from a shortage of personal protective equipment to an increase of patients and low staff levels. With many people losing jobs and having to fall back on unemployment, the free clinic has seen a great rise in patients seeking assistance. […]
The volunteers — nurses, doctors, support staff — are covered in personal protective equipment, head to toe. One waits at the entrance, screening visitors: providing squirts of hand sanitizer, masks, and taking temperatures. On this Thursday night, a steady stream of people with nowhere else to go will walk through the door and be […]
Dr. Gulshan Harjee grew up with limited access to medical care. She’s giving back to her community by healing the uninsured and underserved.
“We are nonstop hands on and we at the end of the day, we’re making a better smile,” said Heath Phillips, a fourth-year University of Tennessee dental student. Phillips and other students are serving dental patients at Healing Hands Health Center. The clinic provides care to individuals without insurance. Student supervisor doctor Rebecca Nunley says […]
ROANOKE, Va (WFXR) — Loving Living Local host Kianna Price sat down with Janine Underwood, executive director of the Bradley Free Clinic, to talk about how the clinic is operating during coronavirus and what is being offered.
Mel Wischmeyer wanted to be as prepared as possible for her potential new job as executive director of Trinity Free Clinic. “Ironically, I purchased a book back in January when I first started talking to (TFC) called, ‘The First 90 Days,’” she said. “But there was not a chapter on what to do if you […]
Americans have always been charitable with their money and time. The U.S. tax system was just five years old and included a tax exemption for gifts to charities when the H1N1 pandemic of 1918 struck the world, infecting 500 million people and killing 50 million, including 675,000 in the United States. And, it was just […]
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Community leaders, in both Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg, are taking steps to help the growing number of families facing hunger due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of St. Petersburg is expected to discuss the creation of a Food Policy Council alongside the Foundation for a Healthy […]
