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Survivors of Hurricane Katrina continued to suffer emotional and mental trauma and limited access to care and medications for months after the storm, largely because of a sharp reduction in charity care and lack of insurance, according to a recent report.

Discharge Planning Advisor: Katrina survivors suffer limited access to care

October 1, 2006

Katrina survivors suffer limited access to care

Survivors of Hurricane Katrina continued to suffer emotional and mental trauma and limited access to care and medications for months after the storm, largely because of a sharp reduction in charity care and lack of insurance, according to a recent report.

The Kaiser Family Foundation interviewed low-income victims of the storm five to six months after the hurricane struck, and found that many went without or experienced gaps in care, had difficulty accessing mental health services, lacked transportation to needed health care, or could not afford both health care and other basic needs.