| YOU CAN
GET NEEDED MEDICAL CARE AT NO COST OR AT LOW COST. To
get it, you must be unable to pay the full cost of your
medical care. And you must have charges which Medi-Cal,
Medicare, private insurance, or other medical benefits won't
fully cover. YOU CAN GET NEEDED MEDICAL CARE EVEN IF YOU
CAN'T PAY IN ADVANCE, if you qualify for any of the
plans listed below:
Ability to Pay Plan (ATP) and Outpatient Reduced-Cost
Simplified Application (ORSA)--Under these plans,
you can get medical care, including prenatal and maternity
services, at County hospitals and clinics at no cost or at
low cost. If you get medical care at no cost under ATP/ORSA,
you can get medicines at no cost. If you get clinic care at
lower cost, you get medicines at no extra cost. Although
you can get these plans at any County medical center, you
can apply for them only at
specified
centers.
For more information, see our ATP
Fact Sheet, ORSA Fact Sheet,
or visit the Department of Public Social Services Website.
Pre-Payment Plan--Use this plan at any County
medical center for clinic care. If you pay within seven
days of treatment, you do not have to prove your income,
other resources, or family size. For each visit to the
clinic, you pay:
- $60 at County Hospital
Outpatient Clinics except Emergency Room visits ($50 for
prenatal services for the first seven visits; remaining
prenatal visits at no charge)
- $50 at Health Centers
or at Comprehensive Health Centers except Urgent Care
Center visits ($50 for prenatal services for the first
seven visits; remaining prenatal visits at no charge)
- $65 at Comprehensive
Health Center Urgent Care Center
- $100 at County Hospital
Emergency Rooms
- $300 at Hospital
Outpatient Surgery Clinics
Child Delivery Plan--This
plan covers labor and delivery service for pregnant women.
For herself, each mother must pay $1500 within seven days
after she leaves the hospital. For her baby, each mother
must apply for Medi-Cal.
Kidney Dialysis, Tuberculosis, and
Post Polio Plans--Special low-cost plans cover these
services. Apply for them at the center where the treatment
is given.
No Extra Cost Medicines--All
clinic patients can get medicines at no extra cost for
emergency and public health services. |
