The fifth annual Heal Elgin Clinic at Judson University this weekend will provide free medical, dental and vision care as well as other resources to underserved people in greater Elgin.
"I live on Social Security and I'm retired, so I don't have insurance, and things just add up and I don't go," the Elgin man said. Hernandez was one of 424 patients treated at a two-day clinic at Judson University's Lindner Fitness Center in Elgin coordinated by the Heal Elgin Project and Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps. The Elgin woman, who has diabetes, said she'd.
It had been more than a decade since Armando Hernandez had last seen a dentist. “I live on Social Security and I’m retired, so I don’t have insurance, and things
Health care industry leaders and government agencies are trying to tap into a variety of community resources in an attempt to help uninsured or underinsured suburban residents gain access to health care.