Free Clinics (Health Rights) provide basic primary care, specialty services, and pharmacy to uninsured people who meet low income guidelines. Most of the medicines provided are donated by pharmaceutical companies, or are purchased through the Federal 340B Program.
West Virginia has 11 qualifying free clinics which rely heavily on grants provided by the West Virginia State Legislature and administered through the Division of Primary Care. Each year grants totaling nearly $3,000,000 provide comprehensive medical care to more than 75,000 enrolled patients with approximately 250,000 office visits each year.
Although Free clinics have paid administrative staffs medical services are provided primarily by volunteers:
- Physicians
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Dentists
- Pharmacists
- Counselors
- Nurses
*Free clinics encourage contributions from their patients to help with expenses.
