Friday, February 4, 2011

Is assistance available for aperson who needs a colon cancer screen but is is uninsured

Is assistance available for aperson who needs a colon cancer screen but is is uninsured?
my doctor recommended a colorectal cancer screen in november of 2005 but i have no health insurance. and i dont have the financial ability to pay out of pocet. is there any help out there
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Yes. I live in NY and we have a county hospital that will let the uninsured go for about 20 dollars a visit. Check if your city have a community hospital, they will help. Or go to your local Social Service Department (welfare office) and get Medicaid to help with the expenses. If you are not ashamed to go then do it. Colon Cancer is no joke. If I was uninsured I would run right down to Social Service in a heart beat, cause I am a tax payer and I deserve the help if I become underprivledged.
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yes there is...there is something that they will never tell you...you have to probe around for it..its a charity thing some hospitals do (im not sure if they all do it) but here in oklahoma they do.its where they write off the expenses to charity and it wont cost you a dime...my wife did the same thing and so did i.i had a heart screening and i was also hositalized and all of it got took care of by that charity gig.its called a charity grant or something like that. the doctors never talk about it and its something that is suppose to be on the down low. but look into it and if they have it there they will give you some papers to fill out. good luck and God bless
3 :
try contacting your county, most counties have some sort of free & reduced clinic, you would need to ask if that's something they would cover

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