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At Northeast Philly’s only city-run primary care clinic, patients wait up to a year to get an appointment

In the Northeast, the demand for primary care far outstrips the city’s capacity to deliver it.

Storage fills the hallways in the administrative area at the City Department of Public Health, Health Center 10 in Philadelphia. Health Center 10 is the only city-run primary care clinic in the Northeast and one of the only options for uninsured people.
Storage fills the hallways in the administrative area at the City Department of Public Health, Health Center 10 in Philadelphia. Health Center 10 is the only city-run primary care clinic in the Northeast and one of the only options for uninsured people.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer