"I am fifty-two years old and all my life I have had health insurance coverage until this year. So, when I injured my shoulder I had nowhere to go for medical care or relief for my pain. I found myself under constant physical pain and stress from the injury with no hope of treatment. I had no idea what I was going to do to get medical treatment. All I knew was I couldn't live with the pain another day. I was told about a clinic called, "RotaCare" that provided free services for people that had no health insurance. I put all my hopes into this one organization because I needed to find a place that would give me medical treatment and accept me as their patient. 

I made that call to RotaCare in April of this year and I was treated with the best professional care I could have dreamed possible. The clinic aided me with finding other doctors and services to help me heal my injury. Without the [volunteers] and doctors at the clinic to support and care for my injury I have no idea what state I would be in today. Because of the [RotaCare] Clinic I have almost returned to the full use of my arm/shoulder. I am most grateful for their professional medical skills, knowledge, and services.

I never imagined my future without health insurance, yet here I am today not able to get care if I were to need it now or in the near future. I and others like myself cannot survive any illness or suffering due to health problems in our future without the caring support that RotaCare has provided. You see we have nowhere else to go; we are the uninsured. I cannot imagine how many others before me have found themselves without the basic health insurance and in need of places just like the RotaCare Clinic."

Sincerely,
Donna Santistevan 
Voices without health insurance

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"I have been a patient for RotaCare for the last 5 years.  I am a diabetic and all of the staff at RotaCare have helped me with managing my diabetes.  I have also had the help from the nutritionist to eat healthy foods and exercise.  Any health concerns that I have had the clinic has always been helpful and have referred me to specialists, labs and any other tests needed.  Dr. Thompson and Claudia have always been very helpful and responsive whenever I have had a concern regarding my health.  They are my angels. I am forever grateful for all that the clinic has done for me.  I am thankful for all of the RotaCare team and all that they do for the patients and our community."

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Anonymous Patient of RotaCare Monterey