Why I Stopped Asking Permission to Do What’s Right

You shouldn’t have to beg for care. But that’s what it’s come to.

If you’ve ever had to convince someone to take your pain seriously...
If you’ve ever been handed a diagnosis in five minutes flat...
If you’ve ever walked out of a provider’s office feeling more confused, ashamed, or invisible than when you walked in—

You already know what I know:
The system isn’t broken.
It’s doing exactly what it was built to do—and that’s the problem.

I didn’t create Access Now because I thought the world needed another clinic.
I created it because I was tired of watching patients fall through the cracks.
I was tired of the 7-minute visits, the performative empathy, the silencing of symptoms that didn’t fit into neat little boxes.

So when the system couldn’t give me the answers—or the freedom—to care for people the way they deserve,
I stopped asking permission.
I wrote my own playbook.

Access Now Primary Care was built for the people who’ve been dismissed, misdiagnosed, and misunderstood.
The ones who’ve been told, “You’re fine,” when they weren’t.
The ones who’ve been passed around, patched up, and sent away—without anyone ever really listening.

Here, we do things differently.

We believe you.
We slow down.
We care like your life depends on it—because sometimes, it does.

If the system failed you—we won’t.