Thursday, March 28, 2013

It's simple...


"Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.” John 13:34-35

Friday, March 22, 2013

I don't have insurance, so I can't...

Refill my blood pressure medication.

Speak with a counselor.

Afford to see a specialist.

Whatever the case may be, here at Victory we hear our patients define what they can and cannot do because of their lack of health insurance. It is such a blessing to be able to share with them that we can get them their prescriptions at no cost. We can get them into to see a specialist for an affordable cost. And we have counselors that will listen and care for their emotional and spiritual needs for no cost. It is truly because of a community coming together to care for a community, that we can the capacity to meet many of our patients needs. 

85% of Victory's patients have a household income of less than $30,000 and pay a $25 co-pay to see the physician. The actual cost of a visit is $85-$90. 

To see the dentist, Victory patients pay at least $25 less than what it would have cost them at another dental clinic without insurance. 

X-rays without insurance - Beginning at $250
X-rays at Victory - Free

Mammograms without insurance - Average cost $80-$100
Mammograms through Victory - Free

Women's Wellness Exam  without insurance - Average cost $100-$250
Women's Wellness Exam at Victory - $25-$45 co-pay

Those are just a few examples of the impact the partnerships of Victory are making in the lives of our patients. Thank you to all of the specialists that so sacrificially give of their time and talent to serve our patients. Together, we will turn the 'I can't' into 'I can.'

Monday, March 18, 2013

A word from Doc

As I reflected at the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, God showed me three small words: "How much more." Take a few moments and look these words in the following verses:

Hebrews 9:14
"How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!"

Luke 12:25-28
“Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?"

As I look back on 2012 and at the services Victory has provided, I am overwhelmed by "how much more" God has blessed Victory in 2012. But I also look forward in 2013 to "how much more" we can "serve the living God" (Hebrews 9:14).

Thanks be to God! Thanks and blessings to all of our supporters, partners and volunteers. As I heard a pastor challenge his congregation, "Intentionally engage in every conceivable good work." So our challenge is to engage that we may serve God's people. Simply put, we serve a 'how much more God!'

God Bless,

Robert D. Lightfoot, MD