Patient Profile: Rosa
Rosa saves hundreds of dollars each month on medication through the Mission's Prescription Assistance Program.
Rosa moved to Abilene from Dallas six months ago to take care of her mother, who is disabled. Rosa had been struggling to manage her diabetes, so her sister-in-law suggested that she seek care at the Medical Care Mission.
“I don’t know where I would have gone otherwise,” she said. “I guess, the hospital.”
Five months later, Rosa is feeling much better after regular appointments to check her progress and to adjust her medication. One reason she’s able to take her medication regularly is the Prescription Assistance Program that the Mission offers.
“It saves me two or three hundred dollars a month for the medication I take for diabetes and arthritis,” she says. “I would not be able to afford the prescriptions otherwise.”
Rosa says she freely tells her family and friends about the Mission.
“I tell people, ‘I feel better,’” she said, “‘and, they treat me right here.’”
