Providing a Safety Net for the Working Uninsured

Low-income uninsured workers provide essential services and are the backbone of our economy. Despite this, thousands of these workers struggle daily with necessary services like healthcare. Nancy Lascheid and her husband Dr. William P. Lascheid identified a need in Collier County when they retired. This need was medical care for lower income, working, uninsured adults through private philanthropy. With a mission to provide comprehensive health care, with dignity and humanity, for those with no other options, in 1999, they founded Neighborhood Health Clinic, a free clinic with a volunteer base of 700 individuals donating their expertise, supported by fourteen full-time and four part-time paid staff.

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