So who pays for these “community health clinics”? Are they like the old free clincs where you went when you got clap or had a bad trip? Or are they like the urgent care places? Who pays? The Government? Your Obama health care provider? The patiant?
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Archie Bunker called them freebie hippy clinics.
Community Clinics are the new name for the old Free Clinics. Payment is as able. They’re funded by a private/public funds combination with the public funds being Fed, State, and Local. They usually have a combination of NP’s and physicians (frequently volunteers) on staff.
NP’s are actually a good choice for routine stuff. A lot of states have “Doc in a Box’s” in pharmacies, grocery stores, etc. staffed by NP’s.
My family doc triages things like cold and flu to their in-house NP. It gives them “walk in” capability. She actually caught something the Doc had overlooked last time.