Free/ Reduced Cost/Sliding scale Clinics Directory

Die App für listing / Verzeichnis aller freien und reduziert / Low-Cost-Kliniken in USA

The app for listing of all Free and Reduced/ low cost Clinics, Eye Clinics , dental facilities and Pharmacies in USA. App provides you a list of all community clinics and Charity non-profit healthcare facilities throughout Unites States of America for free or reduced cost health care. Prescription medication or low cost medications may be offered in some of these facilities. Several of these clinics are free and some may charge patients at a sliding scale. The fees will be minimal on a sliding fee scale. Most cases the patient will need to pay only what they can offered towards their bills. In addition to the clinics listed below, there are several specialized programs sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, business associations and non-profit organizations to assist low-income or needy individuals in obtaining necessary prescription medications free or at a substantially reduced cost.

The listing includes Both Charitable/ nonprofit organizations as well as US Government supported clinics including Hill-Burton Free and Reduced-Cost Health Care

About Hill-Burton Free and Reduced-Cost Health Care

In 1946, USA 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’s area. The program stopped providing funds in 1997, but about 140 health care facilities nationwide are still obligated to provide free or reduced-cost care.

Since 1980, more than $6 billion in uncompensated services have been provided to eligible patients through Hill-Burton.

You are eligible to apply for Hill-Burton free care if your income is at or below the current Federal Poverty Guidelines. You may be eligible for Hill-Burton reduced-cost care if your income is as much as two times (triple for nursing home care) the HHS Poverty Guidelines. Facilities may require you to provide documentation that verifies your eligibility, such as proof of income.

Care at Hill-Burton obligated facilities is not automatically free or reduced-cost. You must apply at the admissions or business office at an obligated facility and be found eligible to receive free or reduced-cost care. You may apply before or after you receive care — you may even apply after a bill has been sent to a collection agency.