Dental Services Cut From Molino, Ensley Health Department Locations

November 24, 2018

Dental services are being cut from the health department locations in Molino and Ensley.

Effective December 22, dental services at the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County are being discontinued at the Molino Service Center on North Highway 29 and the Northside Service Center on Palafox Street. The services were contracted through Pro Med Healthcare Services.

Community Health of Northwest Florida provides dental care for children and adults at three locations:

  • Cantonment Pediatrics: 470 South Highway 29, Cantonment
  • Century: 501 Church Street, Century
  • Fairfield: 1295 West Fairfield Drive, Pensacola

Community Health Northwest Florida accepts DentaQuest, Medicaid, and many dental insurance plans. A sliding fee scale program is available for individuals who do not have insurance. Eligibility for the sliding fee scale program is based on household income. Payment plans are available.

For more information about Community Health Northwest Florida’s dental program, please call 850-760-0679, or visit healthcarewithinreach.org.

Patients of the closing dental centers in Molino and Ensley can request dental records at the Fairfield Service Center or by calling (850) 595-6500 ext. 1075.

Comments

10 Responses to “Dental Services Cut From Molino, Ensley Health Department Locations”

  1. paul on November 25th, 2018 7:52 pm

    Big John, Take a peek at Eisenhower’s farewell address.. That’s what I’m talking about. It’s waay out of control. If we took the profits out of war we wouldn’t have any. I promise. It’s a Sin that people are making big money from life and death.. Pills & Bullets. :(

  2. Chelleepea on November 25th, 2018 5:08 pm

    I feel your pain . …I’m tired of paying taxes so that other people’s kids can go to school or pay for safe bridges or highways I will never use or ER visits because someone had the audacity to get sick and didn’t have insurance. Wahwahwah

    Get a grip people! I’m paying in now because I might have children some day and I might need to cross that bridge someday and I pay for other people’s medicaid now because I may need it someday. If I don’t need it maybe somreone in my family will need it someday. It’s a lot cheaper for me to pay my part now than to fork up more money later.

    Too bad Rick Scott turned down that money from the feds to expand medicaid. I know people here need it more than anywhere. But, you get what you vote for. No, whining allowed if you voted against yourself because you hate seeing other people benefitting from your tax dollars! Smh

  3. Dante laBeaux on November 25th, 2018 2:40 pm

    This is what happens when you turn your government over to republicans that want to cut taxes for the wealthy and business. While the people have to suffer with reduced or eliminated health services.

  4. BIG JOHN on November 24th, 2018 7:28 pm

    PAUL, I HOPE TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE IN JOYING YOUR FREEDOM THAT YOU HAVE. AS IT COST A LOT BLOOD AND LIVERS FOR TO HAVE IT! YES IT COST TO BUILD THOSE SHIPS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ARE MILITARY AND YES IT BEST HAVE THE WAR OVER THERE THEN HERE,( YES IT COST JUST FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. SO IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN THERE, AND DONE THAT PLEASE DON’T PUT THE MAN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY OR THIS GOVERNMENT OF THIS USA FOR KEEPING YOU AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SAFE AS FOR SOMEONE WHO IS RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY AND HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. SO SET BACK AND IN JOY THAT FREEDOM TONIGHT THAT YOU HAVE. BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IN THIS WORLD SOME MAN OR WOMEN IS FIGHTING FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM AND IN JOY IT !!!!!

  5. anne1of2 on November 24th, 2018 6:22 pm

    If diet is right, no Dr is needed. If diet is wrong, no Dr can help and guess what is needed to eat correctly? Your teeth.

  6. Penny on November 24th, 2018 6:02 pm

    Jason, I hope you never get too sick to work, or have children with very high medical expenses, so that you are forced to use Medicaid yourself. Most cancer patients end up on Medicaid. Then imagine how you would like it if someone ignorantly told you to just “get a better job”, “live within your means”, “find a way to better yourself”.

  7. pencil on November 24th, 2018 12:03 pm

    chillywilly

    Yes, you took the words right out of my mouth. NW Florida voted for exactly what they got . . . . when your family member gets cancer, take a couple aspirin and go back to work. The “code words” for smaller government really mean NO SERVICES and the northern part of the county will always be the hit first.

    Pretty soon we can start playing the youtube videos on how rural people from KY pull their own teeth with pliers and the general life expectancy will drop to 65.

    No health coverage for pre-existing conditions because they’ve convinced 300,000 that 20 immigrants are also getting medical services illegally in some way . . . . yet they never produce those people for prosecution. Mysteriously they escape and are never mentioned again until next election. The ER will be the primary physician for a whole lot of people.

  8. paul on November 24th, 2018 11:56 am

    When it comes to our health we’re on our own.. Meanwhile our government will tax us to death with Billion dollar ships shooting Million dollar tomahawks saving us from some guy on a camel many miles away.

  9. Jason on November 24th, 2018 11:37 am

    Hey chillywilly…. the expansion of medicaid comes at a great expense to us “average joe” taxpayers. To meet the requirement for those additional Federal funds required money from the State of Florida. Three options: The legislature cuts money from other programs to pay these increased medicaid cost; OR the ask taxpayers to pony up more money to pay the increased medicaid costs; OR they ask service providers to take a lower re-reimbursement to cover the increased medicaid cost.

    At what point do tax payers and service providers say enough is enough? How deep do you need to dig into my pocket to continue to take the money I earn to pay for your expenses?

    I can help you though. If you are unsatisfied with the level of services provided to Floridians, and you think you can do better in another state, feel free to move to somewhere you can do better at the expense of other taxpayers. Otherwise, do like so many of us are doing. We Live within our means, We go out and find that better paying job and pay for the stuff we need.

    I shake my head in amazement at all those who think their friends and neighbors, as well as people they never met, should pony up more money to cover the costs for those who fail to find a way to better themselves and continually reach out asking for more and more money. You should be grateful for whatever services you are receiving. Nothing in life is free. Somebody is always paying th tab.

  10. chillywilly on November 24th, 2018 9:49 am

    This is what Northwest Florida voted for. No Expansion of Medicaid. Some other state will get the federal money. The Health Dept has been destroyed.and underfunded for years. Thanks to Rick Scott
    That’s why the School Health Program was shuttered. At one time Escambia
    County had Registered Nurses in every school, Taking care of disabled and special needs children. and doing health screenings . This is the will of the people, at least in Northwest Florida.. These children s oral health will deteriorate and will end up in hospital emergency rooms. Kiss your pre– existing conditions protections good bye . Every Medical claim filed on your medical insurance will be denied. as a pre-existing condition.
    This is a tactic used by insurance companies to not pay claims. Get ready for it.