At the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, care for Connie Pankratz begins with a hug. “I got the cold and it’s been one thing after another,” Pankratz told the staff. She has been coming to this clinic for about 10 years.
Neighborhood Health Clinic and St. Matthew’s House have formed an alliance with Millennium Physician Group to address a need for diagnostic imaging. Millennium will open a new Women’s Imaging Center in April at 4330 U.S. 41 E. to serve Neighborhood Health Clinic patients who need radiology services. The arrangement between the two nonprofit organizations — a […]
Poverty is linked to poor health for many reasons.
People who can’t afford health insurance don’t go to the doctor when they’re sick and often get sicker. Poverty has been linked to a higher rate of diabetes, high blood pressure and other illnesses. And without enough money to pay for housing and other necessities, low-income people often eat cheaper, but unhealthy, processed foods.
The NAFC wishes you a Happy New Year! As we are look forward to what’s to come in 2018, and toward working to build a healthy America, one person at a time, we first wanted to take a look back at 2017! 2017 was a very busy and eventful year for the country, for our […]
State officials in Virginia started warning families this week that the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is about to run out of money. It’s one of several states that have given notice or are preparing to tell families that funding for the program has ended and Congress has failed to renew it. For many […]
Congress may have just put a two-week long band-aid onto government spending, but they left out one big program: children’s health care. The continuing resolution signed by President Donald Trump Friday keeps the federal government funded until December 22. And while Republican leaders in Congress praised a provision that acknowledges some states are about to […]
The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) and Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), will provide much-needed diabetic and cardiovascular disease testing supplies to the medically underserved throughout the country this #GivingTuesday. Those who are interested in joining the NAFC’s #GivingTuesday initiative can visit https://www.nafcclinics.org/content/your-donation-can-have-triple-impact-givingtuesday-november-28th-%E2%80%93-learn-how-you-can. Donations […]
C-SPAN Washington Journal – Nicole Lamoureux of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics discusses the need for free health clinics in the U.S. and how new tax reform legislation would impact these resources. https://www.c-span.org/video/?437616-5/washington-journal-nicole-lamoureux-discusses-role-free-health-care-clinics
The San Francisco Free Clinic (SFFC) is a non-profit founded in 1993 by two family physicians. The clinic’s formal mission is two-fold: to provide free medical care for people with no health insurance, and to help train future generations of primary care providers. The clinic places equal focus on these two missions. Despite the progress […]
Located in Anderson, South Carolina, the Anderson Free Clinic strives to fulfill their mission to serve the health needs of the underserved citizens of Anderson County through community engagement and partnerships with those who care. To accomplish this mission, the Free Clinic provides dental and medical care and assistance in obtaining medication to the uninsured […]
