Re: Anyone in Austin w/o insurance?

[Guest guest]

Hi Autumn

I use to live in Austin and got free specialty care at the Brackenridge hospital

clinic. Applying is kinda complicated, your boyfriend will have to apply for a

medical assistance card through the county health department. Their phone

number is 512-978-9130. After he's approved for the card he'll have to make an

appointment at one of the 17 primary clinics run by CommUnityCare.org, he could

also call them at 512-978-9015.

The primary doctor will give him a referral to the specialty clinic at

Brackenridge, the referral process takes a month or two, so possibly the primary

will be able to start him on some mild meds, I know they don't

do tnf-inhibitors at that level.

I loved the care I received there, but moved out of the county, to where the

rent is cheaper in the suburbs.

The whole process is very slow, but is well worth the wait.

Please,let us know what happens.

' In a rather strange twist of fate, my boyfriend was recently diagnosed with

RA... He doesn't have insurance, and is currently unemployed... Is anyone in the

Austin TX area? Do you texans (or anyone else) know of any assistance programs

that can help him see a rheumy? I can help him w getting meds for free or cheap,

but he can't even find a rheumy that will accept him as a patient so that he can

get prescriptions.'