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For over forty years, the mission of MobileMed’s volunteers, supporters and staff has been to provide quality health care to the uninsured, low income, working poor and homeless in Montgomery County, Maryland. Our belief is that free or low-cost medical care can and should be universally delivered in a respectful, competent and compassionate manner to anyone who is in need. To that end, every effort is made to ensure patient-friendly and responsive delivery systems that enhance patient independence and dignity. MobileMed’s goal is to reduce the barriers that often are a barrier to receiving health care, such as long waiting times for appointments, providers who don’t understand cultural issues, paperwork that is difficult to understand, and plans of care that are difficult to implement due to high costs or other issues.
The volunteers and staff of MobileMed currently serve more than 7,000 of our community’s most vulnerable and isolated residents. Our patients are the uninsured, homeless, unemployed, political refugees, victims of torture and immigrants from throughout the world. Hailing from more than 100 countries, many suffer from one or more chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular problems, obesity, high cholesterol, hepatitis, asthma, assorted allergies, orthopedic disabilities and cancer. All struggle with the reality of a community whose need for quality health care exceeds its capacity to deliver. |
