As Florida’s uninsured rate is expected to go up next year, the University of Central Florida is launching a mobile health clinic providing free health care.
The 38-foot commercial coach bus will be unveiled Wednesday as an alternative way for communities in Orange and Osceola counties to receive care.
“I hope that our clinic will help make our community healthier by serving those who have little access to health care, and I hope that it will help us prepare doctors to understand the needs of us all,” said Dr. Deborah German, founding dean of the UCF College of Medicine and vice president for Health Affairs.
A rising uninsured rate
The clinic has been in the works for over three years, but in a timely coincidence, its grand unveiling is happening just before changes to federal and state health care systems could go into effect next year, with experts estimating many Florida residents will lose their health insurance…