A non-profit in Wexford County is helping people who cannot afford health care with free service.
The Stehouwer Free Clinic serves people in Wexford, Missaukee and northern Osceola counties under the 200th percentile poverty level with free professional health care.
The clinic works with local physicians, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies to offer limited health care for free.
Dr. Susan Lanser is one of the volunteers at the Stehouwer Free Clinic, she says:
“People who have chronic health conditions, like diabetes, high blood pressure, sometimes it can be an acute illness, colds, coughs, you name it,” says Dr. Lanser.
Like many doctors, helping people in need is one of the reason’s she says she went into medicine.
Dr. Lanser says, “It’s where the heart from most doctors is to meet people in a time of crisis or in a time in need that they really don’t have anywhere else to go.”
The Stehouwer Free Clinic even works with pharmaceutical companies to get patients free prescriptions for a year.
Karen Zenner, coordinator for the medication access program, says, “Insulin can run, for 90 days’ supply, it can be up to $600 to $800.”
Zenner says they helped people save more than $1.5 million in prescription drugs just in 2019.
Cynthia Watkins, office coordinator for the Stehouwer Free Clinic, says, “A lot of them would go to ER if they had to, but that’s a very large expense for them to go there if they had to and so sometimes they put off their care until their problem is bigger.”
Watkins says they hope to make a difference, so that everyone has access to quality care.
“It is such a great feeling to be doing something good for people, and everyone does appreciate it that comes through our doors,” says Watkins.
The Stehouwer Free Clinic is located at 803 Lynn St. in Cadillac.
They are always looking for donations and volunteers.
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