Clark County's Health Insurance Task Force, Final
Monday, August 1st, 2016 -- 9:33 AM
-A task force in Clark County is working to get more residents enrolled in Health Insurance.The Clark County Health Department received a grant to help increase the county’s enrollment numbers for health insurance. They partnered with several organizations including Memorial Medical Center, the Clark County UW-Extension Office and others to raise awareness on the high number of people in the county not enrolled in health insurance and to provide seminars and education to residents on why they should receive some kind of coverage. Together they created the Health Insurance Task Force.
19% of Clark County’s population isn’t covered by any form of health insurance. There are many barriers that prevent people from getting health insurance including the expense, using money elsewhere, thinking they won’t get sick or injured, in between jobs, beliefs, poor or no technology and many more. There are specialists at local hospitals and clinics that can answer your questions about healthcare coverage and the Health Insurance Task Force is holding seminars to answer questions on health insurance at the Clark County Courthouse in Neillsville on Wednesday, September 21st from 5:30pm-7pm; Hollands Family Cheese in Thorp on Wednesday, October 5th from 5:30pm-7pm; and Abbotsford City Hall on Wednesday, October 19th from 5:30pm-7pm.
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Part 1: http://cwbradio.com/news/?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=17136
Part 2: http://cwbradio.com/news/index.php?p=news&fn_incl=1&fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=17141
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