Sep 13, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
Learn about a local non-profit that is providing critical and compassionate free medical care to medically-underserved McLean County residents. Join Anita and Toria as they talk to Holly Wayland-Hall…
Bridget RoopGuest
Anita CunninghamHost
Toria McFaddenHost
And this is, I'm going a little bit off script here just to satisfy my own curiosity.
But it feels to me like folks with these chronic conditions that don't have insurance, like this just becomes kind of a dog chasing its tail.
Like they're not receiving care and so they probably can't work or they can't work to their full potential.
So by providing access to a doctor and access to medications, it really creates a win-win situation.
It keeps those individuals out of the ER so that they can function the way they're intended.
And it provides them, obviously, with improved health so they can be contributing members of the local community and support their families.
Holly, could you also clarify for our listeners when patients would be helped by CHCC and when they'd be helped by other organizations? I know you did a tremendous job for me when I visited the center just last month, and I think that was a really important point that would be helpful for our listeners.
Well, I often say that the community health care clinic and organizations like Chestnut Health work as sisters because we serve a similar population, but we each kind of have a unique role in how we serve that population.
So, again, we work with adults in McLean County that meet low-income requirements, and our low-income requirement is that their income be at 250% of federal poverty level or less.
So we tend to see a population of individuals who make minimum wage and make a little bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to be able to afford private insurance.
And this is, I'm going a little bit off script here just to satisfy my own curiosity.
But it feels to me like folks with these chronic conditions that don't have insurance, like this just becomes kind of a dog chasing its tail.
Like they're not receiving care and so they probably can't work or they can't work to their full potential.
So by providing access to a doctor and access to medications, it really creates a win-win situation.
It keeps those individuals out of the ER so that they can function the way they're intended.
And it provides them, obviously, with improved health so they can be contributing members of the local community and support their families.
Holly, could you also clarify for our listeners when patients would be helped by CHCC and when they'd be helped by other organizations? I know you did a tremendous job for me when I visited the center just last month, and I think that was a really important point that would be helpful for our listeners.
Well, I often say that the community health care clinic and organizations like Chestnut Health work as sisters because we serve a similar population, but we each kind of have a unique role in how we serve that population.
So, again, we work with adults in McLean County that meet low-income requirements, and our low-income requirement is that their income be at 250% of federal poverty level or less.
So we tend to see a population of individuals who make minimum wage and make a little bit too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to be able to afford private insurance.
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