Project Access docs from Digestive Healthcare Pictured from left to right: Kenneth R. Kohagen, Morris A. Pollock, M. Dixon McKay, and Williard C. Pierson

Project Access is a physician-led community effort that has provided health care for low-income and uninsured Wake County residents since September 2000. It is managed by the Wake County Medical Society in partnership with WakeMed, Rex and Duke Raleigh hospitals. Project Access is funded through grants and donations to the Wake County Medical Society’s 501(c)3 Community Health Foundation. The goal of Project Access is to work in concert with community agencies to meet the unmet healthcare needs of low-income, uninsured men, women and children.

Although many residents of Wake County have health insurance and reliable access to medical care, more than 70,000 residents do not. Often, these people are working low-wage jobs that do not provide health benefits, and they do not earn enough to afford health insurance and still meet other essential needs such as food, clothing, and housing. When people too poor to afford health insurance get sick, this places a burden on the entire community. Project Access provides a way for medical care providers to meet the needs of these people. Designed by physicians, Wake County Medical Society’s Project Access allows physicians to focus on the profession’s fundamental values in a coordinated, fair, and efficient way.


 
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Physician Information

Patient Information — Participation Requirements
Enrollment Criteria and Healthcare Clinics

Project Access Services — Brief description of the many services provided to Project Access patients

Meds for Eligible Children

Patient Medication Assistance Programs
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