HEALTHCARE
Good Samaritan Health Services Mobile Health Clinic (Tulsa, OK)
 Who They Serve: Uninsured and working poor of Tulsa County, OK
What They Do: Health Care, Health Education and Prevention, Social, Psychological and Spiritual Care, Financial Assistance, Community Development, Youth Mentoring, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Brief Description: The Mobile Health Clinic is a 35-food mobile medical van that is fully equipped with exam and treatment rooms, a small pharmacy, and medical equipment. The clinic travels to ten different locations, partnering with churches in each location. The church facility is used for medical triage, check-in, prayer and counseling. Through these partnerships, Good Samaritan hopes to provide people not only with the medical care they need but also with more ongoing care as they connect with the churches. The clients can therefore receive health education, spiritual care and comfort, mentoring, financial counseling, after school programs and tutoring, and assistance with job and transportation issues.
Medical services provided include acute primary care, blood pressure checks, blood sugar testing, breathing treatments, preventative healthcare, physical examinations, pregnancy tests, lab work, childhood immunizations, eye exams, health education and counseling. They provide continuing care for conditions such as diabetes, heart problems and arthritis. Good Samaritan does not charge for services but asks for donations.
Tip: Check out their website at www.goodsamaritanhealth.org.
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United States has been really
United States has been really down recently, recession and other related financial problems are hitting every consumer, add up the healthcare problems that each and every americans are struggling away from. President Obama made it clear that it was going to be one of the issues tackled by his administration. There hasn't been any legislature introduced yet, but there should be a bill on the Congressional floor by the end of summer. The amount spent per family on health services has gone up dramatically in the last decade, and a lot of people are sick of getting personal loans just to cover the most basic of medical care. The aim is to reduce cost to providers, insurers, the government, and ultimately the public, so that no one needs debt consolidation for the most basic of health care needs.