October 4, 2016
Nancy White, executive director of the Arlington Free Clinic, was a physical therapist by background and volunteered at the the clinic for 12 years before becoming director in 2015. She did a health policy job before coming to her current position, and is particularly concerned that many people think the Affordable Care Act has solved the problem of the uninsured. “Sometimes you don’t see how bad it is for them,” she said. “Some of our diabetes patients were using cat insulin they buy at Costco because it was cheaper.”
Stories this photo appears in:
Arlington: An Oasis for Uninsured Working People
Annual gala is main source of funding for non-profit Arlington Free Clinic.
The last person you expect to see at the Arlington Free Clinic is your own family doctor. But he’s there, volunteering his time to work with Arlington’s uninsured. It is one of the main tenets of the Arlington Free Clinic (AFC): This isn’t just health care for the people who can’t afford doctors, or free health care that is “good enough” — It’s premium medical care. The doctor knows you by name, or knew you when you had your first child and is now coaching you through breast cancer.
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