Uninsured
11.5% of Rhode Island’s nonelderly population is without health insurance. The uninsured, as a group, are disproportionately poor, low-income, and working adults who face less access to medical care and poorer health status than their uninsured counterparts.
Related resources:
Rhode Island Free Clinic (external link) is a clinic where adults without health insurance can go to receive free primary medical care.
Rhode Island Health Centers Associations (external link) Community Health Centers provide high quality, comprehensive primary to all patients on a sliding fee scale, regardless of ability to pay. For more information on Community Health Centers in Rhode Island
United Way 2-1-1 (external link) will connect you confidentially to information about available social services.
Crossroads RI (external link) provides 24-hour assistance to address the immediate and long-term needs of people in desperate situations.
The Rhode Island Nurses Association Guide to Primary Care Services TAKING CARE
