![Uninsured use informal street markets to buy medicine, despite risks](png/medicine%20streets%20(1)1fd9.png?itok=NNrgez2B)
A steady stream of customers buys remedies without a prescription at an informal street market near downtown Los Angeles, jeopardizing their health. A range of aid programs, however, can help the uninsured or those without adequate funds purchase drugs they need without resorting to informal markets