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health advisory Hospital Dentists Yu 2007-11-11 18:16:58

Have no health insurance and something terrible happens to you like a major injury or cancer or something? How do you get treated? Or do you even get treated?

Does anyone here work in a hospital billing department or with social services and could tell me. It's something I worry about constantly as there have been times when I've had no insurance. What about dental emergencies?

I live in Texas, in case that matters.

Thanks a whole bunch!

Answer:

When you don鈥檛 have money to get the care you need:

http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.as...

http://www.hrsa.gov/help/default.htm...

http://www.thefrugallife.com/medicalalte...

http://www.google.com/search?q=free+low+...

http://www.hrsa.gov/hillburton/default.h...

Hill Burton Hotline

1-800-638-0742

(1-800-492-0359 in Maryland)

In 1946, Congress passed a law that gave hospitals, nursing homes and other health facilities grants and loans for construction and modernization. In return, they agreed to provide a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay and to make their services available to all persons residing in the facility鈥檚 area. The program stopped providing funds in 1997, but about 300 health care facilities nationwide are still obligated to provide free or reduced-cost care.

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