Resources for the Uninsured
HHC OPTIONS:
The Health and Hospitals Corporation provides affordable medical care to uninsured New Yorkers regardless of their immigration status.
Here you will find a list of the participating clinics and hospitals and the sliding-fee scale:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/community/hhc_options.shtml
Other Health Care Resources
- Free cancer screenings - click on appropriate county at
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/center/partnerships.htm - Lost cost health insurance such as http://www.healthny.com or http://www.workingtoday.com
- Link to comprehensive information for the uninsured
http://www.hitesite.com
FREE STUDENT-RUN CLINICS:
These are clinics run by medical students who are supervised by medical doctors.
- Einstein Community Health Outreach Free Clinic
Walton Family Health Center, 1894 Walton Ave., Bronx, NY 10453
http://www.echoclinic.org - The New York City Free Clinic (NYU Medical Center)
16 East 16th St., New York, NY 10003
http://www.med.nyu.edu/nycfreeclinic - Columbia Student Medical Outreach
21 Audubon Ave., New York, NY 10032
http://www.cosmoprimarycare.org - The Institute for Urban Family Health
http://www.institute2000.org/health/care.htm - East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
1470 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10029
http://www.eastharlemhealth.org - Other Medical Student-Run Clinics of America http://www.student-clinics.org/cliniclist.html