Blue Cross Blue Shield awards grants to area's free health care clinics

The Blues is awarding $1 million in grants statewide to 47 free health care clinics -- including four in Grand Rapids and one each in Holland and Zeeland. The funds are a godsend to the clinics who serve the uninsured and under-insured with primary care, medication and chronic disease management.

According to excerpts from the story:

"The money is a godsend," said Dan Grinwis, co-founder of Oasis of Hope on Leonard Street (Grand Rapids) of its $23,000 grant. "We are seeing about 50 people a week. The gift is a benefit to the community because the need is just so huge."


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