Cincinnati med students open free health clinic for the uninsured

WLWT ^ | Oct. 23, 2019 | Kelly Rippin

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CINCINNATI — If you have health insurance, it's easy to take access to doctors for granted.

But the reality is: Many groups of people go without health care for even the simplest medical conditions because they do not know where to turn.

A University of Cincinnati medical student is helping solve that problem.

In between classes, exams and coffee-fueled clinics, Caroline Hensley noticed a void that needed to be filled -- health care for the uninsured.

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Can confirm.

I have no idea why but most med schools seem to be in the absolute worst areas of town.

You don't want to go walking off campus around UC med school at night, well, or during the day either.

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Thanks for pointing that out.

If these are medical students, they can't actually do much of anything.

You can get a provisional license after you complete med school, but that means you must be supervised by a resident.

You can get a full license after you complete your internship year.

So these well-meaning people cannot prescribe anything, can't perform any procedures, and really shouldn't be touching a patient, without a license.

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I think there is a breed of social media doctors ie those who give advice, appear on radio and TV talk shows, and - obviously - do social media.

Call them celeb MDs. The objective is less about practicing medicine - long hours, sick/injured/dying patients, dealing with insurance and welfare paperwork and headaches - and more about raising one’s profile in search of the next plum gig.

In this the young med students are no different to young business or zoology students. Everyone wants to be a star.