A brand new clinic in Oak Cliff goals to shut the hole in well being care disparities.
It’s not a big clinic. It has simply two examination rooms and a single well being care supplier. However because the HHM Well being clinic opened on the nook of East Jefferson Blvd and Eight Road in Oak Cliff, they’ve made an impression.
April Meras is a Nurse Practitioner for HHM Well being. When the power opened, she mentioned it simply made sense to be there.
“It feels actually good to be again residence serving the inhabitants and neighborhood I grew up in,” Meras mentioned. “It means lots to me. I used to be born and raised in Oak Cliff. I graduated from Excessive Faculty proper throughout the freeway.”
The clinic is close to the bus line, making it handy for folks with out dependable transportation. And well being care is obtainable with sufferers’ revenue in thoughts.
In accordance with census information, roughly 18% of residents within the metropolis of Dallas dwell in poverty. HHM Well being tells NBC 5 most sufferers who go to the brand new clinic dwell under the poverty line. That’s the place revenue base funds could make a distinction.
One mom introduced in her younger son Wednesday afternoon. She mentioned it was only a nine-minute drive from her home, and he or she certified for the income-based program.
Meras mentioned the aim is easy – to offer high quality care wherever there’s a necessity.
“My imaginative and prescient is to outgrow this area. To have so many sufferers that we’ve got to open up one other location proper down the road,” she mentioned. “We don’t need to flip anybody away. We wish to have the ability to provide companies to everybody that wants well being care wants.”
Census information additionally exhibits almost 26% of Dallas residents beneath age 65 do not need medical health insurance. That is nicely above the nationwide common. In accordance with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, 11% of the U.S. inhabitants beneath age 65 is uninsured.
