Free Health Care, Free Medical Information and Free Prescriptiondrugs

by Andrew Naprawa, Matthew Lesko, Mary Ann Martello

Book Overview

Free Health Care, Free Medical Information and Free Prescriptiondrugs This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878346342
• ISBN13: 9781878346346
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Information USA
• Length: 603 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Free Health Care and Prescription Drugs by Lesko et al.

My reviewer colleagues have a point of criticism of this book. The criticism concerns the rapidly changing government telephone database. Some telephone number listings have changed since the printing; however, the basic information contained in the book provides a good pointer to very commendable government programs. If you know little or nothing about health care, this book is a good starter. For instance, the National Institutes of Health has a program to take on new patients in connection with its ongoing work and new clinical studies. The listing provides a telephone contact number. If you qualify for admission, the cost of the medical care delivery including the hospital stay can be either zero or minimal. The patient referral line links you to the clinical center; wherein, you or the physician in charge of your case can discuss the entry protocol and gain admission. The National Institutes of Health would be a good referral for an elusive disease process where the diagnosis is difficult or the treatment is limited to pain and suffering management. This volume provides you with an index where free medical information may be obtained for a variety of complex medical conditions. The authors list the drug manufacturers who provide the poor with low cost or no cost medicine. Individual state programs are referenced. For instance, New York has the Child Health and Family Health Plus Program. The Hill Burton Program is another low cost or no cost program designed to forgive mortgage loans to medical facilities in exchange for free or low cost health services to the local community. This book is invaluable provided you utilize it in the proper context. It opens up new areas of medical treatment options and funding of those options . Overall, the book is a good starting point for researching ways of covering your medical expenses at no cost or low cost. Oftentimes, medical research control groups go begging for patients and it's just a matter of connecting your needs with theirs. The book is an excellent value for the price charged. Reading its contents may save your wallet and quality of life.