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How to find low-cost health-care providers

Help in finding health care:

Community Health Access Program: Seattle/King County, 800-756-5437; outside King County, 877-543-7669.

What it does: Helps those with low income or no insurance obtain health care. Focuses on children and pregnant women. Can sign up children for low-cost health insurance (CHIP, the state's Children's Health Insurance Program), or no-cost health insurance (Medicaid, the federally funded program parceled out through the states).

State Department of Social and Health Services Medical Eligibility Determination: 800-204-6429.

What it does: Helps people with low income obtain medical coverage for their children, either through Medicaid, the state's Basic Health Plan or other resources.

Low-cost care options

Community and public-health centers: For information, call the Community Health Access Program at 800-756-5437, or the Washington Association of Community and Migrant Health Centers (an umbrella organization for all of the community-health centers in the state) at 425-656-0848 or Web site www.wacmhc.org.

Who qualifies: Anyone. Sliding fees based on income.

What you get: Reduced-cost medical and dental services, including referrals to specialists.

Simple Care: 425-255-4166.

Who qualifies: Anyone who pays in cash (or check, credit card) at the time of service.

What you get: Discounts of 20 percent to 50 percent on medical services provided by a private system of 120 doctors and other providers in King County.

Charity care: For information, call individual hospitals.

Who qualifies: Those who earn incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

What you get: Free or reduced-cost hospital treatment, such as surgery.

Medicaid: 800-562-3022.

Who qualifies: Any child 19 or younger of a parent who earns an income at or below 200 percent of federal poverty level. Some adult coverage available for those who make less than 100 percent of federal poverty level and are disabled, pregnant, or have dependent children living at home.

What you get: Free health care (medical and dental) for children under 19, and for some low-income adults.

Washington Basic Health Plan: 800-826-2444.

Who qualifies: Individual policies available for people who earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. No coverage available for individuals who earn more than 200 percent.

What you get: Basic health-care coverage, including primary care, preventive treatment, specialists, prescription drugs, emergency care.

Washington State Health Insurance Pool: 800-877-5187.

Provides health-care coverage for anyone who might be excluded from other plans because of existing health conditions, but is expensive.