The U.S. healthcare system can be difficult and frustrating to navigate, even for those who have spent their whole lives interacting with it, and sometimes prohibitively expensive even with medical insurance. With Georgia’s limited Medicaid expansion, regular preventative care is often inaccessible for those without jobs, leaving the emergency room as their only option.
Clarkston Community Health Center is working to close the gap between healthcare and those who can afford it, by offering free wraparound health services for anyone without insurance or making 200% below the poverty line.
Providing healthcare in Clarkston also requires a high level of cultural competence, because of the large number of refugee and immigrant families that have resettled in the community.
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