medical-Assistance
Medical Assistance and Access
Since the CDLU was founded in 2001, our organization has helped obtain urgent medical care and support for those individuals who are too sick, too old, or too young, and have nowhere else to turn to.
Many patients we assist to obtain access to healthcare are uninsured or underinsured. In the United States, these patients usually are not healthy enough or wealthy enough to qualify for private insurance, and not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.
Our team of social workers fight to qualify patients for charity care, free care, or local healthcare programs, and challenge healthcare providers who attempt to price gouge working families.
People of Color have consistently been overrepresented in the uninsured population, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The communities we have historically served have struggled with low-wage, uninsured and underinsured individuals for decades, and its effects have been amplified by the current rise of inflation, the post-pandemic economic fluctuation, changes in immigration community trends, and unemployment.
Compared with other Americans, the uninsured are disproportionately likely to be Black or Latino; be young adults; have low incomes; or live in states that have not expanded Medicaid.
Internationally, we have helped obtain life-saving care for indigent patients and children. Working with local hospitals in the native country, we have obtained access and secured funding for emergency surgeries, procedures, and treatments for the sick and dying.
