The mission of the Community Care Clinic is to provide health care to low-income persons in our community who do not have health insurance. Through disease prevention, continuity of care, and active follow-up, we can promote the health and well-being of our community.
- Watauga County has the highest rate of any county in N.C. of uninsured
patients, 31% between the ages of 18 and 64.*
- The Clinic serves only the uninsured (the working poor).
- The Clinic does not discriminate.
- The Clinic does not turn away undocumented patients.
- The Clinic believes that everyone is entitled to good health care that
improves quality of life.
- The Clinic saves our Medical Center thousands of dollars by keeping
these patients out of the ER, the most expensive form of medicine.
These patients do not and cannot pay for their ER treatment.
- The Clinic provides primary care to patients so that their condition
does not become life-threatening or does not require emergency treatment.
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