Medical Students Learn First Hand About Health Costs

At the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, students get hands-on lessons about the impact of treatment costs on patients by volunteering Saturdays at the East Harlem Health Outreach Program, a student-run free clinic for uninsured residents of a low-income neighborhood nearby.

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<h1>Medical Students Learn First Hand About Health Costs</h1>
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			May 4, 2010		</time>
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<p>At the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, students get hands-on lessons about the impact of treatment costs on patients by volunteering Saturdays at the <a href="http://www.eastharlemhealth.org/">East Harlem Health Outreach Program</a>, a student-run free clinic for uninsured residents of a low-income neighborhood nearby.</p><p>      <strong>Related Articles: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/03DECB56-81D0-42EA-B05A-CB11EF5B5927">Teaching Doctors The Price Of Care</a></strong>      <strong> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/7B3E0410-C4EC-4306-9EC6-DA0CAAFC061A">Using High Tech To Lower Health Costs</a></strong>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Medical%20Students%20Learn%20First%20Hand%20About%20Health%20Costs&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/050410-medical-students-learn-first-hand-about-health-costs/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11096&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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