Local Solutions Can Work for America's Health Crisis

Healthcare professionals all over America are becoming frustrated with the inability of our current system to provide treatment for those who need it.. This so frustrated one Pennsylvania doctor that she quit her practice and sold her own home to open a clinic for the uninsured.

Pheonixville, Pennsylvania physician, Dr. Lorna Stuart, sold her own house, quit her practice and, with friend Reverand Marie Swazye, raised $400,000.00 to turn Reverend Swayze's dilapidated Victorian parish mansion into ""The Clinic: Medical Center for the Uninsured," which has already provided 40,000 free or low-cost visits to patients for primary medical care across eight specialties. The clinic charges patients a sliding scale based on income. "Since there's no need to spend a lot of time doing paperwork, we have time to talk to the patient and really hear what they're saying," says Stuart. "So the patients go away feeling they've been heard, that they've been helped." (CNN, "So Many People Fall Through The Cracks,")

Closer to home the "WhyNotPortland" campaign seeks to provide healthcare for all of Portland's school children . Like any other political initiative or campaign we need funds and volunteers to function. If you can spare a little time to collect some signatures ( family and friends ) on one of our petition sheets please visit our action page and sign up as a volunteer. If you can spare a financial contribution no matter how small please visit our home page and follow the 'Donate" link.