Your First Line of Defense
Smoking Cessation
Did you know that there are numerous benefits to quitting smoking?
• Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Lung & Heart Disease/Cancer Decreases
• Blood Circulation & Breathing Improves
• Protects Others from the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
• Sense of Taste, Gum & Tooth Health Improves
DHD#2 has FREE Tobacco Quit Kits. Additionally, many health insurance plans, including Medicaid, will cover the costs of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (such as patches & gum).
Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or Click Here for more info.
Home Health Care
District Health Department #2's Home Health Care Program brings the most cost effective, most preferred, and highest quality care to the comfort and familiarity of your own home.
Home Health Care Services can be provided in a client's own home for home-bound older adults, pediatrics, or anyone in our community in need of continued skilled or therapeutic care after an illness, injury, or surgery. Our program offers skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, home health aide, and medical social worker.
To qualify for Home Health Care under participating health insurance plans, a client must currently be under a physician's care, be unable to leave their home independently, and in need of intermittent skilled care or therapy.
For more information, Click Here or call 1-800-504-2650 x1820.
Taking Charge Program
- 9% of 7th graders, 29% of 9th graders & 61% of 11th graders in our area reported having sexual intercourse.
- Approximately 12% of all live births in our area are to teenage mothers.
- Half of all new cases of sexually transmitted infections are to those under 24 years; 1 in 4 teens in the U.S. has an STD.
The Taking Charge Program has been provided in Northeast Michigan since 1998 and is currently being provided to local middle schools. For more information about the Taking Charge Program, or to bring the program to your district, please visit www.TakingChargeProgram.com or call 1-800-504-2650 x1827.
Michigan District Health #2 Rx Assistance Program
Discount Prescription Drug Card
This program is being provided to you and your family to help lower your prescription drug costs. Simply create and print your FREE Prescription Drug Card below and receive savings of up to 75% (discounts average roughly 30%) at more than 56,000 national and regional pharmacies. This card can be used as your primary plan and/or it can be used on prescriptions not covered by your insurance plan. This program also includes other value added programs which will be listed on the card. Please enter your name and e-mail address in the box below and we will generate a printable membership card for you (no application/enrollment or eligibility required). This program has “LOWEST PRICE” logic to guarantee that you get the best deal on your prescriptions. (You pay the lower of a discount off Average Wholesale Price–AWP, discount off MAC Pricing or Pharmacy Promotional/Retail price). This card is pre-activated and can be used immediately!
Need to order hard copies of cards for your friends, family, members or employees? Simply click HERE, enter the Group # MIRXDHD, and follow the instructions to order your own personal cards online. You can even customize the cards by adding your own logo image to the cards!
