For families that cannot afford health insurance, there are free family health insurance plans available through the federal and state governments. In addition, there are free health clinics that have been set up so that individuals can go and get health and dental care for themselves and their children at little to no cost depending on their monthly income. These clinics provide check ups for children and adults as well as immunizations for children at all stages of their development. There is also pregnancy care for women in all stages of their pregnancy including birth. Depending on the clinic, there are usually also dental care clinics and eye care clinics at the medical care clinic. For those who suffer from mental health issues, there is usually also mental health care and substance abuse care available.
Other Options
There are other options that are available so that families that do not want to have to use the free health clinics can obtain free family health insurance plans. If a family is under one hundred fifty percent of the Federal Poverty level, then the family would probably be eligible for Medicaid health insurance. This would usually allow the entire family to be covered under the Medicaid insurance, depending on the case. Sometimes only the children would be covered as well as pregnant women so that they can receive proper care for their child before it is born. This allows the family to go to the doctor for check ups and visits when they need them and get help with prescription medication as well in most cases.
For families that are not within the bracket to receive Medicaid help, there is another free family health insurance plan that is available to them. For those families that make under two hundred percent of the Federal Poverty level, there are state run free family health insurance plans that the individuals can apply to receive. Not every state has made these programs available, so individuals will have to check with the Health and Human Resource department of their state to see if such a plan exists. For those that have it, these plans are usually like the state’s insurance plan that they offer to their employees. Sometimes the individual will be required to pay a small fee rather than the family health insurance plan being entirely free, but the price is usually minimal and based on what the family can afford to pay.