The Venice Family Clinic
Venice Family Clinic started in 1970 by founder Dr.Rossman. He began meeting with local Venice residents. He was joined later by the co-founder Dr.Davidson. Together they were able to borrow a space at the UCLA-Venice Dental Center in the evenings. Their clinic grew from a small storefront, all-volunteer operation to the biggest free clinic in the country.
"Many people in Los Angeles work hard, do not earn a lot of money, and do not have health insurance as part of their work. It is important that this group of people often called "the working poor" have a place to obtain quality health care services. The Venice Family Clinic is a medical home for many people who otherwise would have no place else to turn," said Elizabeth.
There are more then about 2,000,000 people in the Los Angeles county with low incomes and no health insurance, and that's why our county needs Venice Family Clinic. I think everyone should be able to have health care because everyone needs it, so they CAN be healthy and get what they need. It's not always our fault that we get sick. Things happen.
Venice Family Clinic has an excellent staff and volunteers who do more then what they have to do and to help others receive high-quality care in a place that is great and friendly. Their services let people continue to work, go to school, and of course live healthy lives and not live sick lives. Thanks to this, many people can avoid high medical bills that can lead to them becoming bankrupt or even homeless. And even other places like Kaiser Permanente are helping out.
"A $575,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente of Southern California to Venice Family Clinic is helping to make quality health care more accessible to the uninsured in Los Angeles," said Timothy.
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