Student-created phone app helps patients locate low cost health care

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June 3, 2019
By Shellie

Story by Rick Armstrong, producer, and Jeff Hogan, anchor/reporter, WRAL

A new phone app created by a local student connects people to their nearest free or affordable healthcare clinic.

Aneesh Agarwal is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an interest in technology and public health.

“Social innovation has been a part of me for a long time,” said Agarwal, who is on a mission for social change in medicine with his Clinic Locator app.

“I was shocked to learn that 10 percent of the population doesn’t have health insurance — so that was 30 million people across the country who just don’t have access to good, quality, affordable care.”

Read the full article by WRAL to learn why Agarwal believes healthcare should never be out of reach for anyone.