30/12/2024
Friends of Casa de Salud (),
As we enter 2025, we’d like to share a bit about how we understand our work inside the rapidly changing landscape of access to care. As the world around us continues to reveal the deep cracks and fissures at both the root and at the surface of our nation, the kind of local and direct care that Casa de Salud provides is more necessary now than ever. A majority of our patients are uninsured, most of the rest of our patients are on Medicaid. In addition, many of our patients are from communities that have been under attack or are coming under attack in the coming months, and we are steadfast in our dedication to provide important care for all of us.
We do this work independently, as a nonprofit organization that is not a federally qualified health center and does not receive federal funding for our work. Because of this independence, we are well and uniquely situated to keep powerfully serving our community even as the larger scope of care in our nation is poised to be weakened even further. And, we need your help to keep doing the ground-breaking and dignified work we do of providing fair-priced and accessible care, healthcare advocacy, all while sustaining and growing our staff of employees with generous benefits.
Please consider making a year end donation to Casa de Salud!
At Casa de Salud, we fiercely believe:
That healthcare is a right.
That anti-racist care, harm reduction, and cultural humility are guiding values.
That true access to care means affordable, trusted, dignified care.
That healing goes beyond healthcare.
That healthcare has a responsibility to build power with community.
And that health worker voices - in solidarity with community voices - are powerful.
“Casa de Salud is one of the most adventurous attempts to make healthcare genuinely for the people.”
- Dr Pritpal Tamber
[Please check out the rest of the year and letter and donate at the link - gofundme.com/casadesalud (link in bio) - and share this post if you can!].
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