Project Access NOW in the news
Volunteers at The Oregon Clinic Provide Free Medical Care to Portland’s Uninsured Through Project Access NOW
Read the article on OregonLive.com >
Project Access NOW and Cartlandia Grand Opening
The grand opening of the Cartlandia food-cart pod benefited Project Access NOW and garnered some nice press for us:
Project Access NOW in Oregon Society of Physician Assistants’ Winter 2011 e-newsletter
“Connecting People to Healthcare Today” By Linda Nilsen-Solares, MPA, Executive Director, Project Access NOW
With all of the uncertainty and “less-than-positive” news about healthcare, Project Access NOW has a story to tell that is uplifting and hopeful. Since March of 2008, more than 6,000 people have been connected to primary and specialty care through a network of healthcare providers convened by Project Access NOW in the Portland Metropolitan Area. Nearly 3,000 providers compose this volunteer network that helps low-income, uninsured people get needed care in a way that is dignified and convenient for both the patient and the provider.
(January 2011)
Project Access NOW in Goodness Magazine
Portland-based Goodness Magazine published a nice story on Project Access NOW in June. Janna Holm writes:
“Regardless of how you feel about the current healthcare reform, the fact remains that the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan are is home to more than 200,000 low-income, uninsured people.”
Continue reading on GoodnessPortland.com > (page 9 of the web pdf, page 16 of the magazine)
(June/July 2010)
Everyday Heroes: Project Access NOW, KATU News
(January 8th, 2010)
Health safety net in Portland area faces surging demand, The Oregonian
by Joe Rojas-Burke
There’s no good time to get a diagnosis of skin cancer.
Mark Sutherby was out of work and uninsured when he found out he had basal cell carcinoma requiring extensive facial surgery.
He’d put off seeing a doctor for months, expecting to qualify for health insurance at his new job as a security guard. But before coverage began, the job was gone.
Continue reading or download as pdf.
(April 25th, 2009)
Organizing charity care, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Organizing charity care: Donations of products and services help a new Oregon group aid the uninsured
by Alison Stein Wellner
In the Portland, Ore., metropolitan area, the challenge was clear: More than 300,000 people lacked health insurance, a number only likely to climb, given a weakening economy and national trends. Such uninsured people usually end up relying on charity care — physicians and hospitals that provide hundreds of millions of dollars in services at no charge.
Continue reading or download as pdf.
(September 18th, 2008)
Success stories: Expanding access to basic health care, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
A local coalition of health care leaders, community clinics, and service-oriented organizations are working together to make basic health care accessible to low-income, uninsured individuals, families and children.
(August 7th, 2008)
