>> WELCOME BACK, AS YOU KNOW
HOUSTON IS HOME TO THE LARGEST
MEDICAL COMPLEX IN THE WORLD.
BUT MANY PEOPLE STILL DON’T HAVE
ACCESS TO NECESSARY HEALTHCARE
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE
INSURANCE.
>> THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS ONLY
MAKING IT WORSE.
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM
UNDERSTANDING HOUSTON.ORG.
A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE LIVING
IN HARRIS, FORT BEND AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DON’T HAVE
INSURANCE.
>> NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE
HISPANIC AND MORE THAN 180,000
CHILDREN IN THOSE COUNTIES ARE
UNINSURANCED.
BUT NOT HAVING INSURANCE DOESN’T
MEAN YOU CAN’T GET THE CARE THAT
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED.
>> THERE ARE OPTIONS.
SO WE TURN NOW TO OUR BILL
SPENCER WHO IS HERE TO TELL US
MORE ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS
TONIGHT.
BILL.
>> KRIS AND DOMINIQUE WE ARE
LIVE AT LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH.
ONE OF THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN OUR
AREA, OFFERING EXTREMELY LOW
COST HEALTHCARE TO THOSE FAMILIES REALLY STRUGGLING
FAMILIES REALLY STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW.
>> HOLA.
>> Reporter: 32-YEAR-OLD ANNA A
HARD-WORKING WAITRESS AND SINGLE
MOTHER, RAISING HER THREE-YEAR-OLD SON CHRISTOPHER,
THREE-YEAR-OLD SON CHRISTOPHER,
LOST HER JOB SIX MONTHS AGO.
>> WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE
SAVINGS THAT I HAVE HAD IS WHAT
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE TO
PROVIDE FOR MY SON AND MYSELF
IT’S BEEN VERY STRESS.
AND VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
>> Reporter: AND FOR ANNA, AND
10s OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER
HOUSTONIANS RIGHT NOW, NO JOB MEANS NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
MEANS NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO HOW CAN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR?
>> I HONESTLY DON’T THINK I
WOULD HAVE THE MONEY TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GET THE HELP
THAT I AM GETTING HERE.
>> Reporter: LEGACY IS ONE OF
MORE THAN 1400 FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES.
FUNDED IN PART THROUGH THE
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICE
ADMINISTRATION.
PROVIDING EXTREMELY LOW COST
HEALTHCARE.
TO ALMOST AUTHORITY MILLION
AMERICANS.
LEGACY HAS 13 WALK-IN CLINICS
FROM BEAUMONT TO BAYTOWN AND
WHAT YOU PAY IS DETERMINED BY
WHAT YOU EARN.
>> WE HAVE LAST PATIENT THAT
COME HERE AND GET A LOT OF THEIR
SERVICES WITHOUT PAYING
ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: NO COST AT ALL?
>> RIGHT.
>> Reporter: LEGACY ALSO OFFERS
LOW-COST PRECIPITATION DRUGS
WITH SEVERAL IN-HOUSE PHARMACIES
IS, AS WELL AS ADULT PRIMARY
CHARACTER PEDIATRIC CARE,
DENTAL, VISION, MENTAL HEALTH,
AND OB-GYN AND MA TURN THANK YOU
CARE.
DOCTOR, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
THE FAMILIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, LOST
THEIR INSURANCE AND THEY ARE
THINKING, I CAN’T GO FOR TO A DO
RIGHT NEW.
>> SHE SHOULD SEEK CARE HERE
WELCOME THEM AND ALWAYS HAVE WE
CONTINUE HELP THEM UNTIL THEY
COME HERE AND ASK FOR HELP.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITY HEALTH
CLINICS ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY TO
GO.
>> THIS IS CASSIDY HOW CAN I
HELP YOU. >> Reporter: IN OFFICES IN
>> Reporter: IN OFFICES IN
SPRING, CONROE AND KNEW AND NEW
MELISSA STARTED THIS WITHOUT
HEALTH INSURANCE.
>> OUR OFFICE VISIT IS $50, AND
WE ARE SEEING EVERYBODY RIGHT
NOW.
PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US, TELLING
US THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HEALTHCARE.
>> Reporter: MALAISE IS A NURSE
PRACTITIONER WHO DECIDED IN THE
BEGINNING TO DISCOUNT ALL OF HER
SERVICES.
>> THEY CHECK YOUR THYROID,
CHOLESTEROL, LIVER, KIDNEYS, WE
CAN DO ALL THAT HAVE FOR $45,
YOU NEED A STREP TEST IT’S 20.
I NEED A STEROID SHOT.
IT’S 20.
>> Reporter: YES, EVENING NOW,
EVEN WITHOUT A JOB, PEOPLE LIKE
ANNA ARE FINDING THE WARE THAT
THEY WANT AND NEED.
>> HAY HAD ALL OF HER BUSINESS
DONE AND ONLY PAID A 20-DOLLAR
CO-PAY.
>> Reporter: ONLY 20 BUCKS EACH
VISIT.
>> THAT’S CORRECT. >> Reporter: AND SHE’S VERY
>> Reporter: AND SHE’S VERY
HAPPEN BY THAT?
THERE ARE ALMOST 100 OF THESE
INCREDIBLY LOW COST HEALTH
CLINICS WITHIN 100 MILES OF
HOUSTON.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE
CLICK2HOUSTON.COM AND WE HAVE
LINKS TELLING YOU HOW TO FIND
THEM.
COME UP NEXT THURSDAY
OCTOBER 8TH.
JOIN ME AT 7:00 P.M. FOR A
SPECIAL VIRTUAL TOWN HALL WHERE
I WILL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT TRYING TO FIND
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY AND, OF COURSE,
REMEMBER, THESE HEALTH CLINICS
DID HE PEEKED PENNED ON
DONATIONS AS WELL.