Baltimore REACH
Invites you to the 6th annual presentation of
Baltimore Safety Net Access-to-Care
Survey Report 2006
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Baltimore Safety Net Access-to-Care Survey 2005
Has anything changed for people
relying on the safety net?
A five-year look
A Glance at the Conclusion
and Recommendations:
The lack of overall change in five years of assessing
the face of urban poverty in Baltimore appears to reflect that
the struggle for so many has not been reduced. People accessing
the urban Safety Net agencies are aging, living with chronic illnesses,
requiring medications and possibly completely dependent on a network
that suffers from lack of funds and increased demands. The people
falling through the cracks are doing so because ...read
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• We need to hold the entire health system
accountable to what they charge and how they bill low income and
poor residents. ...read
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• Efforts to aggressively enroll eligible
clients in medical assistance need to continue and to grow...read
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