Roughly a year ago, a block on Northwest 12th Avenue in Little Havana gained a new tenant. In addition to a barber shop, a nail salon, and a Nicaraguan restaurant it now also has Clínicas y Farmacias Dr. Goodprice, a clinic and pharmacy founded by Yessica Gonzalez.
The business caters to people who are undocumented and uninsured. “There is a big problem here in Miami, of lack of access to health care,” said Gonzalez.
All of South Florida’s counties have a higher rate of people 65 and younger without health insurance than the state, which is at 13.9%. According to the United States Census Bureau, Monroe County’s uninsurance rate is 18.7%, Miami-Dade’s rate is 16.7%, Broward is at 15% and Palm Beach County’s rate is 16.5%.
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