$2.5 billion more for community health centers

18Mar10

The House reconciliation bill sweetens appropriations for community health centers to the tune of $2.5 billion over the next five years. Total appropriations will be — $1 billion for federal fiscal year 2011 $1.2 billion for 2012 $1.5 billion for 2013 $2.2 billion for 2014 $3.6 billion for 2015 For more of what this means […]

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Expansion of primary care – community health centers

07Jan10

Health reform isn’t just about insurance reform.  If enacted, it is likely that health reform will provide a major boost to primary care health resources for underserved communities. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are locally-based community health centers designed to provide primary care to medically underserved areas and populations and to

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