Community Stories

Patt Chandler, a registered nurse at McLaren Regional Medical Center’s mental health unit, already understood the damaging effects that bi-polar disorder has on patients and their loved ones. Her experience helped her understand what was happening wh...

 A diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer is a formidable challenge. Add unemployment, meager resources and a lack of local family and friends for support, and severe depression becomes yet another health adversary to battle. Cindy Mannino, a Genesee...

 The Genesee Health Plan does more than provide basic health care to Genesee County families who qualify – it also helps put residents in touch with other valuable community organizations and resources. The Center for Civil Justice is one such ...

Genesee Health Plan and the voters of Genesee County saved this Grand Blanc grandmother’s life in more ways than one. After 25 years of marriage, Barb Smith found herself divorced and with no health insurance. Despite being diagnosed with peripheral...

The lack of dental services for people who do not have insurance is one of the greatest unmet needs in our community. The lack of adequate dental care for the uninsured leads to a strain on emergency rooms, which ends up costing all Genesee Coun...

As a home health care provider, Jonda Ackley dedicates her life to taking care of Genesee County seniors and persons with disabilities who prefer to receive care in their own homes, instead of being placed in institutional care. Ackley, a Flint resi...

Many local working families are just one step away from losing their health care, which makes Genesee Health Plan that much more important. Like thousands of others in Genesee County, Bruce Smith depended on the auto industry to put food on the tabl...