Grace Medical Home is one of two free clinics in the nation selected for a yearlong study that aims to improve the health of uninsured patients with pre-diabetes. The program gives them education and boxes of healthy food; the results have been promising so far. “I wasn’t losing weight because I was eating only one […]
The Geneseo Parish Outreach Center, a clinic providing free or low-cost medical services to patients in and around Livingston County, is implementing a project focused on providing patients with comprehensive diabetic preventative care. The Outreach Center has received a $10,000 grant from the CVS Health Foundation, a private charitable organization created by CVS Health, and […]
The CVS Health Foundation— a private charitable organization created by CVS Health—is partnering with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics to award a $20,000 grant to the Free Clinic of Simi Valley. The clinic provides health services for patients who are uninsured in Ventura County. The grant will allow the organization to provide […]
West Chester >> The CVS Health Foundation – a private charitable organization created by CVS Health – in partnership with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM), an organization in West Chester focusing on expanding patient access to the Centers for […]
Hope Health Clinic is an organization based in La Grange, Kentucky, that focuses on reducing health disparities for patients who are uninsured in the La Grange Area. With the help of the CVS Health Foundation and the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC), Hope Health Clinic recently was awarded a $20,000 grant that […]
GENESEO — The CVS Health Foundation in partnership with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) awarded a $10,000 grant to the Geneseo Parish Outreach Center, Inc., to provide medical care to uninsured patients. The grant will allow the organization to provide preventative care and health counseling to help patients with diabetes better manage their […]
In tiny Marion, North Carolina, the Buchanans decided that $1,800 a month was too much to pay for health insurance, and are going without it for the first time in their lives. In Harahan, one bend of the Mississippi River up from New Orleans, the Owenses looked at their doubling insurance premiums and decided no, […]
Because of the high cost of healthcare, 44% Americans didn’t go see a physician last year when they were sick or injured, according to a new survey. The West Health Institute/NORC at the University of Chicago national poll comes as policymakers and health insurance companies are predicting a jump in health premiums and out-of-pocket costs, particularly […]
A nonprofit medical agency that provides mobile health services in Frederick and Brunswick was recently awarded a $15,000 grant to help patients with diabetes and hypertension. Mission of Mercy was awarded the grant through the CVS Health Foundation and the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, a grassroots organization of mobile health clinics around […]
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. – A free medical clinic in Johnstown and Somerset is rebranding to reach more people in need. The clinic, formerly called the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic, is now named Highlands Health: Laurel Highlands Free & Charitable Medical Clinic. The clinic has served low-income, uninsured or under-insured people living in Cambria and […]
