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If You Have No Health Insurance What Are Your Options To Receive Medical Care In The U.s.?

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 18:44
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I know that you can always go to the emergency room and they can not deny you, but what other options are there?
(I have insurance just want some perspective on the health care issue and can’t find anywhere with information regarding options for those without insurance)
Thanks for the help!!

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8 Responses to “If You Have No Health Insurance What Are Your Options To Receive Medical Care In The U.s.?”

  1. MLE said on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 20:39

    In addition to community clinics, there are federally funded healthcare centers that can provide healthcare to people at low cost (depending on income). Some resources that I found to locate such centers are http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/ and http://www.needymeds.org/
    Sometimes those types of clinics can be very busy. I’ve heard of several private clinics that will treat people without insurance. Some of these clinics keep costs low by not dealing with insurance companies at all. A basic office visit will range in price from $30-$60. (If you have insurance and use one of these clinics, you can still file your own claim)

  2. Groucho said on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 22:43

    If the U.S. Congress doesn’t put single-payer healthcare insurance back on the table, only the wealthy and those with top jobs can have that kind of insurance.
    With this crashing economy, the corrupt health insurance companies just want healthy young people as clients, they want to drop the unemployed, elderly or people with any health problems.
    Those healthcare insurance gangsters have paid off the members of the U.S. Congress, even the White House, and the politicians are afraid to go against the big insurance powerhouses. We are talking about trillions of dollars and at least one-third goes into the the private health insurance people.
    They are running thousands of ads and calling people to try and scare them away from single-payer insurance. Single-payer means they will have to compete by submitting bids. It would be cheaper and simplier with single-payer insurance, but the politicians and insurance execs are fighting single-payer. Those insurance fat cats are enemies of the people.

  3. Anonymous said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 3:49

    You can go anywhere you can afford to pay for up front. An urgent care clinic can cost anywhere from $60-$200 per visit, which is much better than an $1200 ER visit. If you have absolutely no money to pay up front, you’re kind of screwed… I found this out first hand when I was uninsured and had strep. My husband was between jobs, I hadn’t worked for a couple months because I had a newborn, and we had maybe $15 in the bank. I ended up borrowing money from my Mom.

  4. jesus_lo said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:44

    this very problem is why the US will be a third world country in ten years…..80 million or more uninsured, obese, poor health baby boomers whom fought against universal health care coverage….they’re going to pay for that decision with their lives….

  5. Nowitzne said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:31

    you could go anywhere. but your going to be paying out of pocket. thats just how it is.

  6. Josh said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 15:01

    You can easily check your minimal health care rates in internet, for example here – healthplans.my-age.net

  7. Bill said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 15:02

    You could go to a community clinic.

  8. Night Crawler said on Thursday, July 30, 2009, 20:15

    Health Dept. Prevention is you best bet.

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