The Takeaway: Hospital Lets Artists Paint, Perform to Pay Medical Bills
Posted on 06/29/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News RoundupsA Bronx hospital is launching a program that lets artistic patients knock $40 off their medical bills for every hour they spend providing some other “creative activity or service” at the hospital. The Lincoln Art Exchange, at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, is essentially a bartering program where actors, musicians, dancers, writers and visual artists can trade their talents for medical care.
