Ascension Wisconsin to provide free medical exams, dental care Saturday at North Division High School – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ascension Wisconsin's "Medical Mission at Home" event in Racine drew about 300 people in May. A similar event will be held in Milwaukee on Saturday.(Photo: Ascension Wisconsin)

Ascension Wisconsin, with the help of roughly 500 volunteers, will provide free medical exams, dental care and other services Saturday at its first medical mission in Milwaukee.

The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at North Division High School, 1011 W. Center St.

It will include free medical exams by primary care physicians, specialists in obstetrics/gynecology, dermatology and podiatry, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Dentists from the St. Elizabeth AnnSeton Dental Clinic, which is sponsored by Ascension Wisconsin, and from throughout southeastern Wisconsin also will be staffing the event.

Other services will include basic vision tests, blood tests and mammograms.

A similar event in Racine in May drew 300 people.

Some people dont seek out medical care, said Tim Waldoch, chief mission integration officer for Ascension Wisconsin.

We are doing this to bring medical care out to them, he said.

Volunteers will help people determine what services they need and will guide them through the event.

In addition, care coordinators will arrange follow-up care as well as help connect people with a primary care physician.

We are trying to set the stage for better care on many fronts, Waldoch said.

Financial counselors from Ascension Wisconsin and Covering Wisconsin also will be at the event to help people enroll in BadgerCare Plus, the states largest Medicaid program.

Adults with household incomes below the poverty threshold $12,490 for one person are eligible for coverage through BadgerCare Plus.

The cutoff for eligibility is much higher for children and pregnant women.

People with low incomes also are eligible for federal subsidies that offset all or almost all of the cost, including out-of-pocket expenses, of buying private health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Those plans, though, are available for more people only during the annual open-enrollment period.

Waldochpraised Milwaukee Public Schools and North Division High School for their help.

We are taking over the place that day, he said.

Other organizations also are participating. And the event is drawing physicians and other volunteers who work for Ascension Wisconsin from as far as Rhinelander.

"This is something that people feel very proud of and want to be part of, said Kevin Kluesner, chief administrative officer of Ascension St. Joseph hospital.

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