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How health care works in Atlanta when you're uninsured
You can see a doctor in Atlanta without insurance and without papers. Grady is the big public hospital — its ER never turns anyone away, but for everything that isn't an emergency you'll wait less and pay less at a community clinic. Clinics like Mercy Care and the Good Samaritan Health Center, and the county's federally qualified health centers, charge on a sliding scale: you pay based on what you earn, sometimes a few dollars, sometimes nothing.
Bring an ID and proof of income if you have them — but don't stay home because you don't. Ask the clinic what they need; most will see you anyway and sort out paperwork later.
What to expect when you call: expect a question about your zip code (some clinics serve certain areas), whether you've been there before, and the first open appointment. Ask about same-day or walk-in hours — many keep slots.
Summit Medical Centers is a reproductive health provider with an Atlanta clinic called Summit Medical Associates. The clinic provides abortion care, pregnancy testing, ultrasound for pregnancy dating, emergency contraception, HIV testing and counseling, and options counseling.
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The Psychological Health Center of Excellence is a Defense Health Agency center that works to improve mental health care for service members, veterans, and military families. Its inTransition program gives free, private phone coaching to help military members and veterans find or move to a mental health provider.
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