Facing a health crisis is challenging enough. Facing one without insurance makes it even harder — and it’s a reality Milwaukee’s Bread of Healing Clinic works to address every day.
The faith-based clinic provides free healthcare services to uninsured patients, seeing between 15 and 30 patients a day and logging 8,000 visits a year. It operates on a million-dollar budget funded entirely through donations and grants, staffed by an all-volunteer team of healthcare professionals from the Milwaukee area.
Linda Taylor, an uninsured day care teacher, has relied on the clinic for nearly a decade. Her employer does not offer health insurance, and she said she has been unable to afford coverage on her own…