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  2. Federally Qualified Health Center - Wikipedia

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    Serving undocumented and uninsured minorities, who represent a significant portion of their patient base and are excluded from many health care reforms, further strains their capacity. The lack of on-site specialty services, such as Pap tests , mammography , or colonoscopy referrals, creates barriers for patients, particularly Spanish-speaking ...

  3. Free clinic - Wikipedia

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    Free clinic patients are mainly low-income, uninsured, female, immigrants, or minorities. [26] About 75% of free clinic patients are between the ages of 18 and 64 years old. [ 26 ] According to another study, 70% of all patients 20 years and older make less than US$10,000 a year.

  4. Charity care - Wikipedia

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    The scheme provides free health care to uninsured state residents whose income is up to 200% of the federally designated poverty line, and provides discounts which gradually phase out at incomes between 200% and 300% of the poverty line; the patient's liquid assets (not including the patient's home and one automobile) must not exceed $7,500 ...

  5. Your Healthy Family: The importance of colon cancer screening

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    Annual free colonoscopy days have been happening at GACS since 2012. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  6. Does Medicare cover a colonoscopy?

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    Medicare is a government-funded insurance plan that provides some conditional coverage for colonoscopies. Coverage depends on whether the procedure is preventive or diagnostic.

  7. Medical college, University of Scranton to partner in free ...

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    Sep. 6—SCRANTON — A University of Scranton health clinic for uninsured Lackawanna County residents will reopen with additional services through a partnership with Geisinger Commonwealth School ...

  8. Safety net hospital - Wikipedia

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    Safety net hospitals oftentimes find themselves in difficult financial positions due to the vulnerable financial state of the patients and lack of sufficient federal, state and local funding; safety net hospitals have high rates of Medicaid and Medicare payers [8] [9] [1] (Medicaid has unreliable/insufficient processes of government to hospital repayment [8]) and a large proportion of safety ...

  9. Adena Health patient has message for others: Don’t put off ...

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    Now cancer-free and returning for a follow-up check every few months, she urges others not to make the mistake she did, saying a colonoscopy to catch colon cancer early is far easier than all of ...