Healthcare, or lack thereof, is an extremely important issue to the millions of workers who are self-employed, have no insurance, or are underinsured (meaning they lack protection against catastrophic health care expenses). It can be difficult to find places that offer health care programs – mainly because they’re not blatantly advertised at us. Many residents miss out on the opportunity to acquire affordable health care simply because they don’t realize that it’s available.
Below are 14 health care alternatives in New York City who either offer free, subsidized or sliding scale payments (based on your income level). You can click on the name to be taken directly to their website for more information. Although there are a few that don’t have websites, and in that case you’ll be taken to their Google maps page where they’re their address and contact information are listed.
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1. The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic – provides free health care to uninsured and underinsured documented entertainment industry professionals between the ages of 18 to 64.
2. Smile America – provides discounted dental work based on a sliding income scale.
3. Community Healthcare Network – provides quite a few programs for different communities in the NYC area. Check out “Services and Programs” for a full listing. They include free and discounted primary care, HIV care and treatment adherence, nutrition, podiatry, adult and adolescent medicine, and psychiatry – to name a few.
4. Boriken Neighborhood Health Center – provides sliding income scale treatment serving East Harlem residents. Check out their services page for a full listing of their programs.
5. Brooklyn Free Clinic - provides free primary health care to uninsured adults in Brooklyn neighborhood of Bed-Stuy and surrounding areas.
6. Bronx Ambulatory Care Network – provides primary health care on a sliding income scale.
7. Callen-Lorde Community Health Center – provides primary care and other services on a sliding income scale base and is focused on the GLBT community, but open to all orientations.
8. Montefiore Medical Center – provides primary health care on a sliding income scale.
9. William F. Ryan Community Health Center – provides sliding scale pay based on income and family size to local residents including adult medicine, women’s health, health education and low-cost pharmaceutical plans.
10. Miller Healthcare Institute for Performing Artists – provides primary health care on a sliding scale base for dancers, singers, actors and musicians. Artists must show proof of profession and financial need.
11. Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery – provides discounted dental care to patients who sign up with the Columbia University Teaching Clinic.
12. Mount Sinai School of Medicine – provides health care for patients with no insurance and who do not qualify for government programs through a “Self-Pay Policy” which is based on income and assets.
13. New York Methodist Hospital – provides health care on a sliding scale basis for uninsured patients.
14. Harkness Center for Dance Injuries – provides subsidized and sliding scale treatment for dancers who have sustained injuries, as well as free injury prevention screenings and lectures.
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