Houston Service Workers Clinic Shows the Power of a Personal Doctor to Address Health Crisis
September 02, 2009
As the national debate on how to fix healthcare rages on, SEIU Local 1 today is releasing compelling data from the Houston Service Workers Clinic that show the power of a personal physician to help workers stay healthy and contain medical costs.
“It’s important for people to have access to a doctor before an illness gets worse,” says Elena Marks, Director of Health and Environmental Policy for the City of Houston. “If there is no access to care in the early stages of a sickness, then people wind up in emergency rooms or hospitals. That’s just not an efficient way to deliver medical care.”
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Houston janitors are joining elected and community leaders today to unveil the “Houston Service Workers Clinic”—a partnership between janitors, responsible corporate leaders and health care providers that offers a groundbreaking model for providing low-cost, quality health care for low-wage workers. The clinic opening comes as Houston janitors mark the anniversary of a month-long strike that put a human face on Houston’s health care crisis.
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