Project Access NOW in the news
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.
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(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.
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(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)
