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The Volunteers In Medicine Clinic in Eugene provides free primary medical care and mental health services to Lane County's low income adults who have no insurance. When uninsured patients delay needed care, their conditions become major health threats that are more costly and more difficult to treat, often in hospital emergency rooms with the cost passed on to paying customers. Meyer Memorial Trust grants for more than $677,000 helped the clinic establish a diabetes education and management program and integrate delivery of primary medicine with mental health service.  Photo credit: Tracy Ilene Miller, Volunteers in Medicine Clinic (copyright held by Volunteers in Medicine and not included in MMT's Creative Commons license of website content)