Good Health Clinic

The Good Health Clinic opened in 2004, running a couple of days a week and seeing a few dozen patients. It now operates a main office in Tavernier and a satellite clinic in Marathon, serving uninsured residents from Key Largo to Key West.

Care is free. Uninsured Keys residents whose income falls below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline can apply for a year of care at no cost, with no deductibles and no co-pays. Applicants without income documentation can use an independent income affidavit. Applications are handled through the clinic’s website or by calling the office.

What is covered is broader than most free clinics manage. Primary care includes wellness exams and physicals, chronic disease management, treatment for illness and injury, prescription management and routine screenings. Women’s health covers annual exams, breast exams and mammograms, and family planning. Beyond that, the clinic’s Volunteer Provider Network extends to orthopedics, dermatology, gynecology, mental health, ophthalmology and optometry, physical therapy, nutritional counseling, hospital procedures and surgery, and it has coordinated complex care including cancer treatment at the Miami Cancer Institute. Diagnostic labs and imaging run through partner providers.

Prescriptions are part of the model rather than an afterthought. The clinic works with pharmaceutical partners, national nonprofits and individual donors to supply medication at very low or no cost, which for a patient managing diabetes or hypertension is often the difference between a treatment plan and a piece of paper.

All of this rests on more than 100 volunteer medical providers working across the Keys and Miami-Dade, alongside donated services and donated pharmaceuticals. The Tavernier office is open weekdays and the Marathon satellite on Tuesdays, though hours shift seasonally, so call ahead.