Affordable Healthcare in Los Angeles
If you are looking for affordable healthcare in Los Angeles, you are not alone. I spent years avoiding my healthcare because I didn’t have insurance and was too afraid to face the costs. I relied solely on home remedies and self-care to heal my ailments and neglected to seek medical treatment. Then one day at an empowerment conference, I heard a speaker ask the audience “Is the self-care movement a poor band-aid for the disparities in healthcare in this country?”
While I do believe self-care is important, this question made me realize that it should not be a substitute for adequate healthcare. And when I finally did get insurance and started going to doctors and dentists, I was able to see how access to healthcare is truly life changing.
If you do not have insurance or have poor coverage, check out the resources I compiled below. Don’t neglect your healthcare out of fear, there are options to still receive quality care.
Best Free or Low Cost Clinics
Valley Family Medicine Urgent Care Center
To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Centers
Affordable Care Locators
Hospital Bill Help Care Locator Tool
LA Hospitals Eligible for discounted care program
Resources for those without Health Insurance
Via the Los Angeles Times, David Colker, 2009
Healthcare help
Here’s a list of resources if you don’t have healthcare insurance or other coverage.
“HEALTHY CITY
The nonprofit group has created a database that contains hundreds of organizations providing free and low-cost care for the uninsured. The list is at www.healthycity.org.
COUNTY SERVICES
Los Angeles County: The L.A. County Department of Health Services has information at www.ladhs.org/wps/portal/Patient on its hospitals and clinic programs.
Orange County: Orange County care sites are at http://egov.ocgov.com/ocgov/Health (click on “Clinics and Hospital Locations.”)
Riverside County: Riverside County hospital and clinic information, as well as details of the county’s Medically Indigent Services Program for the uninsured, is at www.rcrmc.org.
San Bernardino County: San Bernardino’s county hospital is the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, www.arrowheadmedcenter.org, which has several outpatient clinics.
Ventura County: Ventura County Medical Center, at www.vchca.org/mc, is the hub of that county’s public medical service system.
MEDICATIONS
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance program can help find reduced-cost or even free programs specifically for a patient’s locale and condition. For information, go to www.helpingpatients.org or call (888) 477-2669.
DENTAL
Services are available through UCLA’s Clinical Dental Center at about 50% of going rates. Information at www.dentistry.ucla.edu/patientcare or call (310) 206-3904 for the general clinic.
MENTAL
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has a 24-hour help line at (800) 854-7771 that can give information on no- or low-cost services.”
See if you Qualify for Medical
County Based Health Benefits
Psychotherapy
Many therapists leave room in their practice to provide free services or sliding scale services for low income folks, however this is not usually advertised. When shopping around for a therapist ask each one do they offer a sliding scale or have room in their practice for pro-bono work. If they are currently full, ask them if they know colleague that has space for one.
I hope these resources help you find affordable healthcare in Los Angeles. Let me know if you have any other resources and I will add them for others as well. Happy caring!
– Tiffany Shelton, M.A. is a conscious lifestyle blogger and training to become a neuropsychologist in Los Angeles, CA. Her passion to elevate consciousness incorporates brain science, psychology, and spiritual philosophies. Her writing goes beyond the message of self-care or wellness, but instead consciously adds to these movements by demanding awakening and insight. Learn more about Tiffany Shelton by clicking here.
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Affordable Healthcare in Los Angeles
