About Us

If you are healthy, we can help you stay well.
When you get sick, we can treat you.

2010 People’s Health & Wellness Clinic Program Summary

The mission of the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic is to provide primary health care and wellness education to uninsured and underinsured central Vermont residents who could not otherwise afford these services.

In 2010, the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic provided 1407 visits to 477 individual patients.  Our services include screening all patients for eligibility in a variety of health insurance and assistance programs.  Of the 477 individuals, we were successful in enrolling 94 of them in programs including, VHAP, Medicaid, Catamount, Ladies First, Medicare, Healthy Vermonters, Affordable Meds, and Central Vermont Medical Center’s patient financial assistance program.

PHWC patient John LePage and nurse/case manager Catherine Gram, RN

In 2010, we also provided over $40,000 worth of pharmaceuticals to our patients, paid for $13,000 of diagnostic testing, and got another $9,000 of tests donated.

Volunteer practitioners are the heart of our service model.  In 2010, over 60 volunteers gave over $78,000 worth of their time serving our patients.

We define our primary service area as all of Washington County, plus the Orange County towns of Orange, Washington, and Williamstown, but we do not restrict geographic access, and ended up serving people from 50 Vermont towns.  While our income guidelines go up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), over 86% of our patients fall under 185% FPL ($20,036 gross a year for an individual – $26,955 for a couple).