Ed. Note: The following content was provided by Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc., who is a client of KHTS AM-1220.

Some Santa Clarita residents may not know that healthcare services are available for the uninsured and underinsured with charges based entirely on the individual’s ability to pay.

With three locations throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, the staff at Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers are on a mission to ensure that everyone has access to affordable quality primary care.

The Val Verde Health Center

“We don’t refuse service to anyone,” said CEO Philip Solomon. “Regardless of what you can pay or can’t pay, we still provide all the healthcare that you need.”

Center staff determine charges based on the individual’s income level and family size using federal poverty level standards, and patients are not required to pay the entire fee upfront.

The minimum fee to receive healthcare at any of the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center locations is $36, according to Solomon.

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Center doctors are general practitioners who provide immunizations and vaccines, physicals, screening and diagnostic tests, well baby care, preventative programs, family planning, women’s health services, prenatal services, treatment of illness and injury and more.

“If you’re sick, you have a fever, you have an injury, you have some pain or discomfort… We do the whole array,” Solomon said.

For individuals in need of dental care, limited dental services are available, and center officials can refer patients in need of additional dental care to a dentist with discounted rates.

The Canyon Country Health Center

By hosting outreach and enrollment activities at health fairs and events as well as center locations, staff members also help uninsured patients sign up for health insurance through Covered California under the Affordable Care Act.

“In addition to us serving the uninsured, I have staff that reach out to the uninsured to try to qualify them into one of several programs so that they have healthcare coverage,” Solomon said. “We do that throughout Santa Clarita.”

Samuel Dixon Family Health Center officials are able to provide their services through grants and community fundraising support, such as their annual Rubber Ducky Festival, where Santa Clarita residents can donate $5 per duck to compete in a rubber duck race for prizes.

Centers are located in Canyon Country, Newhall and Val Verde, and two outreach locations exist at College of the Canyons and California Institute of the Arts. 

Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers

27225 Camp Plenty Rd, Ste 2

Canyon Country, CA 91351

(661) 424-1220 

23772 Newhall Avenue

Newhall, CA 91321

(661) 291-1777

30257 San Martinez Road

Val Verde, CA 91384

(661) 257-4008