"I worry day to day, honestly," he said. "I pray to make sure my child or my wife don't' get sick because, if they go to the hospital, we are looking at a couple of thousand (dollars in bills)."
Flythe was among the patients Monday at the Walltown Clinic, a joint program of Duke University and Lincoln Community Health Center that serves the low-income neighborhoods near Duke's campus. The clinic serves 3,000 to 4,000 patients a year – 80 percent don't have health insurance – and charges co-pays based on what patients can afford.
NOTE: IT IS A FALACY THAT THERE ARE 35 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE USA THAT DON'T HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE. JUST READ THIS ARTICLE...
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