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About Us
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The Problem: Access to Healthcare
If you look around, it is not difficult to find the medically underserved—they live in every city, town and village in America. Here in Monroe and Owen counties, nearly 12,000 adults under 200% poverty are without any type of health insurance.
In the absence of a national and state health policy that includes health care for everyone, concerned citizens need to find other ways to provide the medically underserved with the services they need.
The Solution: Volunteers in Medicine
One answer to this health care crisis is Volunteers in Medicine, a free medical clinic for adults without health insurance or the economic means to pay for health care.
Services
Operated by volunteers and with the support of the community and Bloomington Hospital, the Volunteers in Medicine clinic provides free, quality primary and preventive care for both chronic and acute illnesses. For a complete list of services to be provided at the clinic, see the Services and Eligibility page.
About Volunteers in Medicine
Volunteers in Medicine is a national program with a history of success in other communities around the country. The community of Hilton Head, South Carolina, led by a group of retired medical professionals, established the first clinic. Today, that clinic provides care for more than 20,000 patient visits a year and has served as a model for 61 additional Volunteers in Medicine clinics in cities across the United States, including Columbus and Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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