Hello everyone, I think this might be little bit long, but any amount of help would be appreciated. So, I am an international student in USA and recently found out I was diagnosed with TB. I was planning to transfer in another community college and TB was a requirement so I had to do an skin test which came back out as positive. Just to make sure it's not a mistake I did a blood test and it came back out as positive as well. I am positive that I got exposed to TB in past year. I had to do the same test 1 year, and 6 months ago to transfer to college I am currently studying and it was negative at that time. Another thing to notice is I don't have like any proper symptoms. I experience a little bit of cough, and that's it. Now, I live in Ellis county in Texas and it doesn't have a health department. There is one office in Arlington which I had called and told them everything about what I was experiencing. They told me since I am an international student and not a US citizen, and also not experiencing any symptoms I am not in the priority list they won't see me. I called my insurance (United healthcare) after that asking if I had TB coverage or not, and the guy on the other end goes I don't know what TB is so I can't say and hung up. I was so frustrated with that I cancelled my insurance. Now, I am stuck on what I need to do. My next step is to get an X-ray. I am currently applying to be a patient in a place called Hope health, but I don't know if they can provide me with a referral for an X-ray or not. I can't go to er because it would be tooo expensive for me. All these things would not have been problem if my application was not due on June 1. I need to get an X-ray done by that point. If it's positive then they won't admit me which is understandable, and I can get the treatment started. But for all that I need an X-ray done which is get so much complicated. I hate this country. Why is health care so much company. Please anyone help me if you can in any way or form.
Tldr: Got positive for TB in USA and an international student and everything is falling apart.