Healthcare Initiative: Frequently Asked Questions

LCEF-HI connects uninsured and under insured cultural workers with affordable healthcare options. Our services include:

• Finding doctors and dentists for cultural workers and their families
• Helping cultural workers and their families access affordable prescription
• Providing health screenings for cultural workers at festivals and other events
• Giving information on healthcare programs that are available for your specific needs
• Making it our goal to help you achieve timely treatment for health problems

• All Louisiana cultural workers and their families
• Retired Louisiana cultural workers who met eligibility while they were working

• call our LCEF-HI office at 337-366-8970 or
• email Kathy at kathy@culturaleconomy.org or
• email Julie at assist@culturaleconomy.org

It costs nothing to register with LCEF-HI or to receive information, however:

• If you choose to visit a doctor that you were referred to, then you will be charged based on your income and ability to pay, unless you are referred to a free clinic
• If you need specialized treatment and testing, you will be referred to one of our partner clinics.  The charge for this service will again be based on your income and ability to pay

Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Healthcare Initiative
101 Jefferson Street, Suite 100
Lafayette, LA 70501
337-366-8970
kathy@culturaleconomy.org
assist@culturaleconomy.org
www.culturaleconomy.org

LCEF-HI gives you clinic options and resources depending on where you live and what difficulties you are having. You make the ultimate decision about which choice is right for you. LCEF-HI wants you to have the best help in the area closest to your neighborhood. And, just like the hometown doctors of the past, we believe having a personal relationship with a primary doctor is vital.

Step by step, we help you get to your appointment by providing contact information and directions for your chosen clinic. We help you determine what paperwork to bring in order to get the lowest affordable fee for your visit. We will also remind you about your appointment and follow up with you after your visit.  LCEF-HI staff will do their best to remove barriers and guide you along the path to good health.

Yes. LCEF-HI conducts numerous health screenings during the year throughout the state. We also send out email newsletters with tips for your wellbeing. In addition, we provide timely notices concerning potential health threats such as the flu, and how to get free or low cost assistance in your area.

LCEF-HI believes prevention is the best way to keep you healthy and creating.  We go onsite at festivals, backstage at concerts, in restaurants or anywhere our cultural workers are to check for three major prerequisites to bad health: blood pressure (stroke), blood sugar or glucose (diabetes) and cholesterol (heart disease). Should the screenings indicate a treatment is required, LCEF-HI staff and our health professional partners are always ready to help you.

LCEF-HI provides health screening dates in the Calendar and Healthcare Screenings sections of our website and we send email notices to our cultural worker database.

Yes. We know that seeing the doctor is only the first step. We also know that costly prescription medications can put a strain on your income. LCEF-HI can connect you with resources that provide free medications to uninsured or underinsured individuals. LCEF-HI is also a qualified screening site for all the major pharmaceutical companies so we can assist you in filling out the necessary forms.. We will work with your doctor to get them signed and have your medication sent to you.

Yes. All Louisiana cultural workers are eligible and can be helped. Our current satellite offices serve the following parishes: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jeff Davis, Lafayette, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Vermilion. But even if you live you live outside these parishes, please, give us a call if you need help. We will work to connect you with health care resources across the state and will be able to assist you.