About Camino Health Center San Juan Capistrano
This clinic operates under a SLIDING SCALE model.This means that it MAY NOT be free depending on your income.You will be required to prove financial need in order to receive free services or services at a reduced cost.In order to get more information on this clinic, click on the icons below. You may be required to join for free in order to access full contact information.
Camino's medical clinic provides access to quality primary health care services for low-income and uninsured residents of south Orange County. To receive services, you must be an Orange County, CA resident and not have private medical insurance.
Fees
Medical services are available for those who are uninsured or have government sponsored health insurance. Camino accepts the following government sponsored insurance plans:
CalOptima
MediCal
Medical Services Initiative
Medicare
Uninsured patients are assessed a sliding fee scale which uses family size and monthly income to determine share of cost for medical visits. Additionally, a nominal fee is charged for laboratory or immunization services.
Dental Clinic Eligibility
Camino's dental clinic provides access to quality oral health care services for low-income and uninsured residents of South Orange County. To receive services, you must be an Orange County, CA resident and not have private dental insurance.
Fees
Dental services are available for those who are uninsured or have government sponsored health insurance. Camino accepts the following government sponsored insurance plans:
Denti-Cal
Healthy Families - Delta Dental
Uninsured patients are assessed a sliding fee scale which uses family size and monthly income to determine their share of cost for the dental visit.
Since this is a sliding fee scale clinic, we have provided the Federal Poverty Guidelines below. Visit the Camino Health Center San Juan Capistrano website listed above to see what the level is needed for free care.
Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2023
| Persons In Family Household | Poverty Guideline Salary per year |
|---|
| 1 | $14,580 |
| 2 | $19,720 |
| 3 | $24,860 |
| 4 | $30,000 |
| 5 | $35,140 |
| 6 | $40,280 |
| 7 | $45,420 |
| 8 | $50,560 |
For Households with more than 8 persons, add $4,480 for each additional person.
*Alaska and Hawaii have different rates for HUD federal poverty guidelines.
These numbers above represent 100% of the Federal Poverty Rate. In order to get reduced or free services from some clinics, they use a sliding fee scale based on your income.When they use a sliding fee scale, the 100% rate can be different than 100%. In those cases, using for example a 200% federal poverty level, you will only need double the 100% number listed above to 200%.
Everyone was kind and respectful.
I don't think the staff is ready to operate at the rate of the incoming calls. Waiting ten or more minutes for somebody to answer is typical until you give it a second try with the same results and, thanks to persistence, finally, when somebody answers, you are transferred to an extension where a voice mail instructs you to leave a message, leave some info and in return you will be contacted in the next 24 to72 hours...then they might contact you; the most they can do, at this moment, is to email or voice mail the primary Doctor in hopes that he will reply soon, maybe at the end of his day or later the next day. Three or four days could have passed by, waiting, and, of course, a non life threatening ailment, might become a severe, painful, disabling condition. The clinic advices to go to the nearest emergency room, if this is a 911 situation; It wasn't a life threatening situation when the first call was placed. What is the point of having a Primary Care Doctor if he's not is available when you need it? When all you need is a referral to a specialist for an already known condition, I've experienced the same time frames I haven't tried to obtain a referral for a non urgent condition like an Ophtalmologist or a hearing specialist , this time, but I will and see.