Where did Z.I.A.D. begin?

Z.I.A.D. Healthcare for the Underserved Inc. is a 501c3 Non Profit organization that came to be in 2002 when four individuals sat down and looked for ways to help provide access to the uninsured. Specifically they looked at those that fall through cracks, some 46,000,000 people in the United States. These are the people that work part time jobs (making them unqualified for governmental assistance), and receive no coverage from their employers, and cannot afford the premiums of health insurance.

Z.I.A.D. derives its name from the names of its founders Ray Zak, Iqbal Nasser MD, Ibraham Ahmed ND, Theodore Densley MD. Z.I.A.D. primarily works with private doctors to find a primary care home for the uninsured on a sliding scale program where they receive reduced office costs based on federal poverty guidelines.

If you are a primary care office and would like to participate in the program please call 313-815-8767.

J&B Medical Supply Co. Works With Z.I.A.D.

J&B Medical Supply Co Inc is offering exclusive pricing to all Z.I.A.D. participating physicians as well as to all “ safety net” clinics and physicians providing medical services to patients under the Wayne County Health Authority - Primary Care Network.

Because of the humanitarian efforts of these clinics and physicians, J&B feels compelled to help defray some of the cost of medical supplies utilized while providing care to these patients.

We would like to organize a purchasing group with interested clinics in this organization, this would enable each clinic to purchase what they need and yet obtain volume discounts based on what the entire group purchases.

J&B can also provide discounted retail products like diapers and incontinent products as well as a full line of diabetic supplies and meters (some at no charge) through the same distribution system that we exclusively provide to the State of Michigan’s dual eligible population.

I am very happy to be able to offer this to my colleagues and hope that this may entice other physicians to join this Primary Care Network and continue to help the under privileged and underserved.

Sincerely,
Ray Zak, President, Z.I.A.D. Health Care for the Underserved
Contract Administrator, J&B Medical Supply Co Inc. (248) 896-6217

A Letter from the Heart

Dear Friends of ZIAD,

I have been blessed my entire life with the luxury of health insurance. My Father provided for me when I was a child, and I have been fortunate enough in my adult life to provide coverage for myself and my family. Recently, however, my son was stricken with a very rare blood disorder, and we were forced to live in a children's hospital in Los Angeles for many weeks. I was able to see, first hand, how such a tragedy can financially ruin a family.

The bill for merely the first two weeks in the hospital came to just over $99,000 dollars. One bag of transfusable blood alone cost over $700 dollars. Our son faces a minimum of another 12 to 18 months of treatment. Without insurance, we would have been forced to declare bankruptcy, at the very least. There are thousands of families seeking care for loved ones with life-threatening and chronic afflictions every day. Sadly, the truth is there are many, many families that are turned away from facilities in this great country, only because they do not have enough medical insurance. Please help the gracious people of ZIAD provide care for the underinsured. If you have ever had a loved one need medical attention, you know the urgency of their mission.

Thank you, and may God bless your family with perfect health,

Paul Ganus

Nearly 46 million Americans, including more than 8 million children, are living without health insurance - forced to gamble every day that they won't get sick or injured. That's a risk no one should have to take. Uninsured Americans live sick and die younger than those with health insurance. Just one serious illness or injury can wipe out an uninsured family's bank account, and the problem is getting worse.

ZIAD's MISSION:

To provide health care, health education and physical fitness programs to uninsured, under insured, poor,working poor families,and individuals. To provide access to health care in underserved areas, especially Health Physician Shortage Areas (HPSA designations).

3 Year Major Goals:

Funding:

Donations: ZIAD Health Care for the Underserved Inc. is open to all donations public and private and has received Tax Exempt Status with the IRS (#75-3080830 17053324042022).
Grants: ZIAD Health Care for the Underserved Inc. is open to all grant opportunities including collaborative grants with other similar mission organizations.
Fund Raising Events: Martial Arts Championship Fund Raiser, Mailings.

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