What Keeps You from Getting Medical Care?
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021 1:40 PM
Knox Clinic will be surveying residents in July and August about the medical services they get today, the services they need, and what stands between the two.
The volunteer clinic is seeking input from people of all ages, incomes and backgrounds. Data collected over the two months will be made available to the public. Meredith Batley, executive director of Knox Clinic, said she doesn’t know exactly what to expect, but has some assumptions.
“We know that dental care is very expensive, that there are long wait lists for mental health treatment,” she said. “And that the group in particular that we are hoping to connect with is people who are making reasonable money and are either paying out-of-pocket for their care … or who have a marketplace plan, one of the health insurance plans through Obamacare, but have really high deductibles that may prevent them from actually getting regular preventative care.”