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Christine Hatfield
Its Muncie Community School's first in-house clinic. Meridian Health Services will be working in collaboration with the nursing services already provided at Southside. It will also be partnering with school staff to provide behavioral health services. The clinic will be available on a sliding scale and accept both insurance and private pay. MCS Board president Jim Williams says far too many of the district's students and families struggle to get affordable health care.

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Jim Williams
This gives them the opportunity to not only have affordable care under the sliding fee scale, but also to have it in an efficient way, which doesn't require a separate visit to another health facility in the community.

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Christine Hatfield
Williams says MCS is looking to have the clinic fully operational by early May. In Muncie, Christine Hatfield, IPR News.