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Any resident of a county with a county hospital may be able to get free care from the hospital if they meet certain conditions.

1. The county must maintain a "county hospital."
   
   Iowa has forty-three (43) county hospitals. Property taxes go to support these county hospitals. A list of the county hospitals is below.
   
   
2. You must be low-income. The board of trustees for the county hospital sets the standards.
   
   You can go to the business office of a county public hospital and ask for a copy of their standards to see if you are able to get free care and treatment.
   
   
3. You must be a resident of the county the hospital serves.
    
   A person is a resident of a county when the person declares the county is his or her home with the intent to remain there permanently or for a definite or indefinite length of time.
   

Iowa law requires county hospitals to provide free care in the hospital. It does not require doctors or other staff who do not work for the hospital to provide free care.

You should check with the business office to see if you may qualify for free care. There is no time limit to apply for free care, so you can even ask that older bills be covered.

If you think you should be able to get free care and are turned down, and cannot resolve the problem with the county hospital on your own, contact your local Iowa Legal Aid office.

Adair	Adair County Memorial Hospital 609 SE Kent Street Greenfield,  IA 50849 (641) 743-2123
Audubon	Audubon County Memorial Hospital 515 Pacific Street Audubon, IA 50025-1052 (712) 563-2611
Boone	Boone County Hospital 1015 Union Street Boone,  IA 50036 - 4821 (515) 432-3140
Buchanan	People's Memorial Hospital 1600 First Street  E Independence, IA 50644-3155 (319) 334-6071
Buena Vista	Buena Vista Regional Medical Center 1525 West 5th Street Storm Lake, IA 50588 (712) 732-4030
Cass	Cass County Memorial Hospital 1501 E 10 Street Atlantic,  IA 50022 - 1936 (712) 243-3250
Clarke	Clarke County Hospital 800 S. Fillmore Street Osceola, IA 50213 (641) 342-5327
Crawford	Crawford County Memorial Hospital 2020 1st Ave. S. Denison, IA 51442 (712) 263-5021 and 1-888-747-0852
Dallas	Dallas County Hospital 610 10 Street Perry,  IA 50220 - 2221 (515) 465-3547
Davis	Davis County Hospital 507 N Madison Street Bloomfield,  IA 52537 - 1271 (641) 664-2145
Decatur	Decatur County Hospital 1405 NW Church Street Leon, IA 50144 (641) 446 4871
Delaware	Regional Medical Center 709 West Main P.O. Box 359 Manchester, IA 52057 (563) 927-3232
Dickinson	Lakes Regional Hospital Highway 71 South Spirit Lake, IA 51360 (712) 336-1230
Floyd	Floyd County Memorial Hospital 800 11th Street Charles City,  IA 50616 - 3468 (641) 228-6830
Franklin	Franklin General Hospital 1720 Central Avenue East Hampton, IA (641) 456-5000
Greene	Greene County Medical Center 1000 W. Lincoln Way Jefferson, IA 50129 (515) 386-2114
Grundy	Grundy County Memorial Hospital 201 E J Ave Grundy Center,  IA 50638 - 2028 (319) 824-5421
Guthrie	Guthrie County Hospital 710 North 12th Street Guthrie Center, IA 50115 (641) 747-2201
Hamilton	Hamilton Hospital 800 Ohio Street Webster City, IA 50595 (515) 832-9400
Hancock	Hancock County Memorial Hospital 532 1st Street NW Britt, IA 50423 (641) 843-5000
Henry	Henry County Health Center 407 South White Street Saunders Park Mount Pleasant, IA  52641 (319) 385-3141
Howard	Regional Health Services Of Howard County 235 Eighth Avenue West Cresco,  IA 52136 - 1098 (563) 547-2101
Humboldt	Humboldt County Memorial Hospital 1000 15th North Humboldt IA 50548 (515) 332-4200
Jackson	Jackson County Public Hospital 700 W Grove Street Maquoketa,  IA 52060 - 2163 (563) 652-2474
Jefferson	Jefferson County Hospital 400 Highland Avenue Fairfield, IA 52556 (641) 472-4111
Keokuk	Keokuk County Health Center 1312 South Stuart Street Sigourney, IA 52591-0286 (641) 622 2720
Kossuth	Kossuth Regional Health Center 1515 S Phillips Street Algona,  IA 50511 - 3649 (515) 295-2451
Lucas	Lucas County Health Center Chariton, IA 50049-1210 (641) 774-2181
Madison	Madison County Memorial Hospital 300 Hutchings Winterset, IA 50273 (515) 462-2373
Mahaska	Mahaska Health Partnership 1229 C Avenue East Oskaloosa, IA 52577 (641) 672-3100
Mitchell	Mitchell County Regional Health Center 616 North Eighth Street Osage, IA 50461 (641) 732-6000
Monroe	Monroe County Hospital 6580 165th Street Albia, IA 52531 (641) 932-2134
Montgomery	Montgomery County Memorial Hospital 2301 Eastern Av Red Oak, IA (712) 623-7000
Palo Alto	Palo Alto County Hospital 3201 First Street Emmetsburg, IA 50536 (712) 852-5500
Polk	Broadlawns Medical Center 1801 Hickman Road Des Moines, IA 50314 (515) 282-2200
Ringgold	Ringgold County Hospital 211 Shellway Drive Mount Ayr, Ia 50854 (641) 464-3226
Shelby	Myrtue Memorial Hospital 1213Garfield Avenue, Harlan, IA 51537 (712) 755-5161
Story	Story County Hospital 630 Sixth Street Nevada, IA 50201 (515) 382-2111
Union	Southwest Iowa Regional Medical Center 1700 West Townline Street Creston, IA 50801 (641) 782-7091
Van Buren	Van Buren County Memorial Hospital Keosauqua, IA 52565 (319) 293-3171
Washington	Washington County Hospital & Clinic 400 East Polk Street, P.O. Box 909 Washington, IA 52353 (319) 653-5481
Wayne	Wayne County Hospital 417 S. East Street P. O. Box 305 Corydon, IA 50060-3050 (641)  872-2260
Winneshiek	Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital 901 Montgomery Street Decorah, IA 52101 (563) 382-2911