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RESOURCE: Referrals System

A major component of the APA Health CARE Client Experience is our referrals system. We focus on providing links to health resources that connect each client to low-cost clinics in their area that suit them linguistically. Please browse through our list of current contacts, which we will continue to update as we expand our network.


People's Guide to Welfare, Health, & Other Services:English Version --- Spanish Version

Los Angeles County (LAC)

Los Angeles County:  10,103,000
City of Los Angeles:  3,912,200

Uninsured

  • 28% overall are uninsured
  • 31% of those und er 64 (about 3 million in LAC)

Working poor

  • Employed, housed, decent quality of life
  • Unable to afford health insurance

LAC’s Asian/Pacific Islanders

  • 2/3 have employment-based insurance (mostly affluent, educated, not likely the self-employed SB owner)
  • Undocumented, recent immigrants, lower income much less likely to have insurance or even public benefits (Medi-Cal or Healthy Families)

Health Care System

  • Private hospitals and clinics
  • Public hospitals and clinics
  • Low/No cost clinics (PPP)
  • Asian specific clinics


Types of Insurance

Private Insurance

  • Employer based and self-purchased
  • Medicare (A, B, D)

Public Insurance

  • Veterans
  • Medi-cal & Healthy Families
  • LAC ’s ATP and ORSA programs
  • Asian PPP Clinics
  • BCEDP Program


Emergencies

Closest Emergency Rooms

  • Kaiser-Sunset
  • Hollywood Presbyterian (Korean Care Program)
  • ERs for the indigent (ATP for inpatient)
  • Olive View/UCLA (Sylmar)
  • LAC/USC (East LA)
  • King Drew (South Central)
  • Harbor/UCLA (South Bay)

County Clinics

Can get into the County’s “system” via ATP/ORSA

Walk-Ins

  • Get there before 6am (usually fill up by 8am)
  • Expect to stay all day
  • Will receive a bill
  • Go to social services to apply for ORSA
  • 6 months of coverage (low/no cost)

Appointments – can take months to see a doctor

  • Phone appointments only
  • Receive bill, apply for ORSA