Black Mens Wellness Day offers resources for saving lives [Video]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The uninsured and underinsured African American men often neglect their health, because they can not afford treatment.

Black Men’s Wellness Day is an opportunity for health screenings and more.

“It’s important to know what’s going on in our bodies,” said Ryan Foster.

For eight years Foster went without health insurance and relied on free health screenings and clinics. The 38 year old bartender doesn’t have insurance through his employer and like many Black men put health care on the backburner.

“They can be a little expensive,” said Foster. “If you’re living from check to check already and have to give up more of that check to stay insured can put you at a deficit.”

Both the House and Senate have passed their versions of Medicaid Expansion, but it’s hard to know how working Mississippians like Foster will be impacted.

“We should be able to take care …