Tri-City Health Center Serving the Underserved Since 1970

Young, Healthy Doctor Can’t Get Health Insurance - Insurance companies deny coverage due to eczema and rye grass allergy

Irony is not lost on Angelique Green, M.D. "If you want to see the face of a person who cannot get health insurance, look at mine," she says. "I am a physician, in my early 40s, in excellent health, and my employer provides health insurance," she adds. "Yet my employer’s plan won't cover me because I use an over-the-counter cream to treat my eczema and a prescription nasal spray for a seasonal allergy to rye grass. They say these are pre-existing conditions." Click here for the full article.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the newly uninsured accessing community clinics is up by 50% - SAN FRANCISCO

- Inge Marie Phillips started working at 18 and immediately received health insurance through her employer. Over the next four decades, she was never without coverage - that is, until she was laid off from her job as a telephone operator. The 58-year-old Newark woman went without insurance for a brief period - during which she suffered a heart attack - but now has found a way to get her health needs met, even though she hasn't found a new job or affordable private health insurance. Click here for the full article.

The Argus and TCHC show impact of dental program cuts

- FREMONT — Alexis Randall walked into the dental office for her fourth and final deep-cleaning session. As fate would have it, last week's visit also may very well have been her last trip to the dentist. A victim of the state budget cuts, Randall lost Medi-Cal dental coverage on July 1 — as did some 118,700 other adults in Alameda County and 3.2 million residents in California, according to the state Oral Health Access Council. But Randall was allowed one more treatment for a pre-existing condition. Click here for the full article.

Kathy Lievre interview on KGO-TV

- SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There was a change of heart Friday afternoon from a major bank for anyone holding a state-issued IOU. Friday was the last day the biggest banks were going to cash them, but Citibank has reconsidered. Click here for the full article.

TCHC Staff Storm the State Capitol to protest Medi-Cal cuts

- TCHC was joined by other community clinic patients and staff as we stormed to Sacramento to demand the legislature overturn its decision to cut optional Medi-Cal benefits in the 2009/10 budget. Click here for the full article.

TCHC Board Member and Staff Advocate for AIDS Funding

- A protest by approximately 250 Medi-Cal enrollees and healthcare providers Tuesday, one of four demonstrations to besiege the state capitol steps, marked the death knell for the first eight Medi-Cal services slated for elimination, even as legislators struggle to reconcile new budget woes. Click here for the full article.

Budget cuts to California community clinics make no fiscal sense.

- WE CAN all agree that California is in dire fiscal straights right now. Further, we can all agree that we must share sacrifice and responsibility for lifting the state out of its economic predicament. Click here for the full article.

Invest by Financing, Volunteering in Programs that Aid Area.

- As president of the board of directors of Tri-City Health Center, I assure you that we dispense hope passionately. On average, our agency provides primary medical, dental and mental health care to 300-plus low-income Tri-City residents each day. This year we will treat more than 20,000 patients and record 75,000 medical visits. Click here for the full article.

STIMULUS PACKAGE MAY NOT REACH NONPROFITS UNTIL 2012

- One nonprofit offers ways taxpayers can use stimulus to help the community

FREMONT (February 16, 2009) - With the enormous stimulus bill before Congress, and the belief in some quarters that nonprofits won't need as much private financial support in the future, one agency is setting the record straight. Click here for the full article.

New Books Brighten Kid's Corner at non-profit Community Health Center

Over 250 books donated to Tri-City Health center by Borders Books and Music 2008 Holiday Book Drive.... more info click here

Childhood Cares Prevention and Treatment Outreach Program

- Funded by a generous grant from the Baxter International Foundation, Tri-City provided free dental screenings... more info click here

Homeless families

and individuals living in Fremont and Livermore have access to medical care through the HOPE Project mobile medical clinic.