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Health Centers: Two Studies and an Idea

An article released yesterday on Newswise about two George Washington University reports covered two very important things – health center expansion and Medicaid’s role in strengthening health center operations. The past few weeks, we have been asking health center patients, community supporters, and YOU (our online community) to sign a petition supporting community health center [...]

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Sign our Petition & Help our Health Center Colors Shine Through in Indianapolis!

Our petition drive starts TODAY!! Did you know? Health centers throughout the nation are the health care homes for over 20 million Americans. Did you know? There are STILL almost 60 million Americans, even those with insurance, who do NOT have access to health care. Did you know? Health centers’ average cost runs $1 less [...]

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Ending 2011 on an Advocacy High-Note for ALL Community Health Centers!

At a time when health centers are seeing ever increasing demand for their services in rural and urban communities across the country, we are grateful that Congress has responded with this bipartisan bill which begins to address that need! – Tom Van Coverden, President & CEO of NACHC. Congress passed the 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Act! [...]

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Advocating during an election year will be tough! So let’s get started…

By the November 22nd deadline, the Super Committee had not come to terms on a plan to cut the $1.2 trillion as proposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Health center advocates have been hard at work expressing the importance of keeping health center funding, but with this deadline passing, there is still no [...]

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