Crossposted from Public Health Insider

It’s been over 10 years since Seattle Center invited Public Health – Seattle & King County to join an ambitious effort to stand-up a massive pop-up clinic. The doors opened to Seattle/King County Clinic in KeyArena in 2014, with free medical, dental and vision care. We didn’t imagine then that it would become the largest community-driven free health clinic of its kind in the United States!

We are enormously proud to be one of the over 100 organizations that continue to make this free healthcare opportunity happen. At the same time, we’re keenly aware that ongoing barriers to healthcare access result in the massive number of patients who depend on Seattle/King County Clinic. At the tenth annual clinic, we talked to organizers, volunteers, and patients about the achievements of this community endeavor and their hopes that one day the clinic will no longer be needed. Right now, that goal seems further away than ever, but incremental change can get us closer. Read more.