. '' The patient files in the cabinets behind her now number more than 1,300 , and 95 percent of those who walk through the door have no health insurance . The clinic asks for a $ 25 `` co-payment '' but no one is turned away if they can not afford it . A half dozen patients are waiting as executive director Alice Craft-Kerney takes a visitor on a tour . In the reception area , there are health awareness brochures , hurricane preparedness brochures , and a bookshelf about half-filled with children 's books . Craft-Kerney tries every day to give some away . Watch John King preview this Sunday 's show '' `` Because we have such a low literacy rate here in Louisiana , '' she says . `` So they come by , browse , and take whatever books they want free of charge . '' The staff is cheery ; the clinic neat and clean . A sign in the window making clear there are no narcotic drugs inside is a sign of the clinic 's rough surroundings . And within a few steps of the door is a reminder that 43 months after
On CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country . This week , King traveled to New Orleans , Louisiana , to look at recovery from Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward compared to the rest of the city . The Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic was clinic director Patricia Berryhill 's home before Hurricane Katrina . NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Patricia Berryhill sits behind a desk in what not too long ago was her living room , cheerfully greeting those who walk in and reaching for the phone as it rings yet again . `` Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic , Patricia Berryhill , may I help you ? '' Sometimes the questions are routine -- this time more anxious . `` As for the HIV testing , if you come in on Tuesdays from 11 to 1 , there is no charge , '' Berryhill tells the caller . `` As for the Herpes virus , you are going to have to see a physician and make an appointment for that