Section 8.2.1n

8.2.1n - Estimated Number of Clients at Program Sites Who Had Been Refused Medical Care

As shown in Table 8.2.1N, the findings discussed above indicate that between 0.7 and 0.8 million adult clients of the A2H system had been refused medical care in the previous year, due to not being able to pay or care or because they lacked insurance.

Table 8.2.1n

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLIENTS AT PROGRAM SITES WHO HAD BEEN REFUSED MEDICAL CARE

	Adult Clients Who Pick Up Food at a Pantry	Adult Clients at a Kitchen	Adult Clients at a Shelter	Adult Clients at All Program Sites
Clients Who Had Been Refused Medical Care Because They Could Not Pay Or Because They Had A Medicaid Or Medical Assistance Card During The Previous 12 Months
Yes	598,600	93,500	62,620	754,720
No	6,533,500	1,001,000	556,140	8,090,640
Not Refused Care, But Avoid Providers Who Don't Accept Medical Assistance	116,800	2,200	1,240	120,240
Not Refused Care, But Finding Providers That Accept Medical Assistance Is A Problem	51,100	3,300	620	55,020
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS AT PROGRAM SITES	7,300,000	1,100,000	620,000	9,020,000

Related findings are:

Clients refused care included .6 million pantry clients and approximately 0.1 million each of kitchen and shelter clients
Another 0.1 million A2H clients reported trying to avoid medical providers who didn't accept medical assistance.