Faith Community Health Uses Donation to Forgive Debt

An area healthcare organization decides to give their patients a clean slate for 2022 thanks to a donation.

According to a press release from Faith Community Health, their Board of Directors have declared, 2022 the “Year of Jubilee”, forgiving past patient debt and suspending penalty fees for the year.

A donation by FCH Supporters Babette and Nolan Fogle will take care of the past debt. 

Interim Director at FCH Anne McGregor said in the press release that the board in declaring this the year of Jubilee that the board wanted to remove obstacles from people needing to access the services provided by the Faith Community Health Clinic in Branson that serves under-resourced individuals working in communities in Stone and Taney Counties. 

The complete release from Faith Community Health can be read below:
The Faith Community Health Board of Directors recently declared, 2022 the “Year of Jubilee”, forgiving past patient debt
and suspending penalty fees for the year. The charitable clinic, which serves the working under-resourced in the communities of Stone and Taney Counties, made the decision in order to re-establish patients to the clinic. “The move to forgive all past debt underscores our mission to provide care, compassionate care for the community” said Tom Willcox, FCH board chair and pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Branson. 

“Our board realized the disciplinary charge was preventing individuals from reengaging with the clinic and causing further impact to their health and therefore their quality of life,” said Anne E. McGregor, Interim Executive Director of FCH. “We have seen time and again that when men and women find an affordable, quality home for their health and medication needs they are able to live life better; engaged in their families and communities.” 

The previous outstanding balance was met in the form of a donation by a local business and long time FCH supporters, Babette and Nolan Fogle, owners of Pasghettis Restaurant and Attraction. 

“We admire the work of Faith Community Health, the gap they fill in our community is real and needed. I did not hesitate a
moment when I understood what the 'Year of Jubilee’ was,” said Babette Fogle, board member of Faith Community Health.