Embodied Health had a booth at the Springboard For The Arts Artists' Health Fair on Saturday (November 6) at the People's Center in Minneapolis. It was a lively gathering of organizations and small businesses that make health and wellness resources available to artists, musicians, performers, arts administrators, and their families in the Twin Cities. I passed out information on Embodied Health's services, chatted with artists, and taught two free sample yoga classes.
I thought it would be great to post some of the resources that could be helpful to Embodied Health's clients who are active in the arts...and there are many of you!
First off, the People's Center has been around for about 30 years. The People's Center is a health center providing affordable and high-quality care to everyone. They provide medical, dental, and preventive medicine, and also offer behavioral therapies, reproductive health services, and weight management therapies. They have a strong history of working with immigrants and offer some legal services and translation services.
The SAGE Screening program is a statewide program to screen women age 40 and older (some exceptions are made for younger women) for breast and cervical cancer. Their eligibility guidelines make these important tests available to women who have no insurance or are underinsured** and have income within their guidelines.
**A note on being underinsured: the definition of underinsured includes people who have insurance that doesn't cover screenings. Underinsured also includes plans with excessive or unmet deductibles or excessive co-payments.
SAGE Screening is a program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
The Twin Cities Musicians Union partners with Springboard and with the Neighborhood Involvement Program to offer healthcare services to Local 30-73 members. They offer non-emergency medical care, pregnancy testing, family planning, birth control, STD testing, HIV testing, gynecological exams, physical exams, ear-nose-throat medicine and some pediatric medicine. They offer these services on a sliding-fee scale and accept the Artists' Access to Healthcare voucher.
