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Health Care for the Uninsured
General Information
How Can I Get Free or Low Cost Health Care for Me & My Family?
This Michigan Department of Community Health website has links to other web pages with information and phone numbers for places with low cost or free health care, or help with health insurance.
BCBS of Michigan:
Help with Health Care Brochures
Visit this Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan website and click on a region on the map to download a free "Help with Health Care" Brochure. Each brochure lists resources for the uninsured in Michigan, including:
- County health plans
- Dental and vision services
- Free and low-cost clinics
- Government programs such as MIChild and Healthy Kids
- Mental health services
- Prescription assistance programs
Medical Care Access Coalition
Medical Care Access Coalition is a faith based initiative, volunteer non-profit organization. It is comprised of civic leaders and representatives from medical, public health, mental health/substance abuse, faith-based and consumer groups of Marquette County, Michigan.
MCAC networks eligible persons with no access to medical care to donated and volunteer services.
Visit their MCAC website for more information!
Pfizer Prescription Assistance Programs
Pfizer Helpful Answers offers patient assistance programs to people without prescription coverage.
These programs provide:
- Savings on Pfizer medicines, regardless of age or income; or
- Free Pfizer medicines for people with limited incomes who qualify
Dental Clinics North
By providing clinical preventive and restorative dental services, Dental Clinics North seeks to to stabilize and expand access to comprehensive oral health services for children and adults with Medicaid and other special population groups.
The Dental Clinics North is sponsored by the Marquette County Health Department and operated by Michigan Community Dental Clinics.
Northern Dental Plan offers dental services at a reduced fee for people without dental insurance. If you are eligible, your membership includes an initial visit with a participating dentist that will include x-rays and an exam at no additional cost, and reduced rates for all treatment.
To reach the clinic in Marquette, call 906-226-9992.
Visit the Michigan Community Dental Clinics website for more information!
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