Migrant Clinics Open Doors To All
Clinics that have provided healthcare solely to migrant farmworkers in northwest Michigan since the 1960s are changing gears. Leaders say there are fewer farmworkers traveling to northern Michigan for harvest. Meanwhile, there's a growing number of year-round residents who forgo doctor visits because of cost.
Today more than 90 percent of patients at Northwest Michigan Health Services are Spanish-speaking. There are clinics in Mason, Manistee and Grand Traverse counties. They serve anyone, insured or not, on a sliding-fee scale based on income.
Maria Delsy Tellez is a long-standing client in Traverse City. Originally from Columbia, she's been coming to northern Michigan for 12 years with her daughter and grandchildren. She's been a patient here for four.
Speaking through a translator at the clinic:
"For her, she's very grateful about the services that are being offered here and how well they are treated. And they're happy about the services offered here because in other places it's quite expensive."
Delsy Tellez and her family come to the clinic for the routine stuff, dental and medical visits.
"Fortunately they're all well," the interpreter says.
Severe & Multiple Problems But for farmworkers who migrate for seasonal work, that's not always the case. People often enter the migrant clinic with multiple health and dental problems, from periodontal disease to diabetes.
That's similar to what we hear from clinics around northern Michigan that serve anyone who can't afford basic medical care. Migrant or not, uninsured and poor patients often have many problems by the time they seek help.
A 2008 Community Health Assessment compared 11 northern Michigan counties to the state average. Northern Michiganders were more likely to suffer diabetes, and less likely to have health insurance. Adults were also more likely to have skipped visits to the doctor or the dentist because of cost.
Shifting Needs Numbers are on the rise. Meanwhile, Executive Director Judy Williams says there are fewer farmworkers traveling to northern Michigan and the governing board at Northwest Michigan Health Services couldn't ignore the trends.
"They felt that it was really important to step up to the plate and make sure that we're offering quality care to other people on the community besides out migrant residents," Williams says. "And we're just really proud to be able to offer that to others in the community who might be looking for a medical home and a dental home.
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