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Four Reasons To Have A Primary Doctor

Just like a car needs the occasional tune-up or a cell phone needs an update, so does your body! Primary doctors provide routine health care and are resourceful for those unexpected sick days. Although there are many, four reasons for having a primary doctor are listed below:   Save time and money! A trip to [...]

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Improving Access to Care on Indy’s West Side!

In Indy, we take pride in our neighborhoods. From Martindale-Brightwood to Downtown, Fountain Square to Brookside or Broad Ripple, we appreciate the personality and flavor of each small community. At HealthNet, we’ve been deeply invested in our neighborhoods for more than 45 years. In fact, many of our health centers began with small groups of [...]

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Helping Your Family Thrive: Reflections of Community Health Center Doctor

Post written by Dr. Varon Cantrell How does one define the word “Family”? The definition I found states, “Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.” How does one define the word “Thrive”?  A definition I found states, “To grow [...]

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How to get underserved and uninsured students the best quality health care

Last week, during our four-part blog series that introduced everyone to our outreach programs, our post introducing our School-Based Services got the most visits! In that post a research study was quoted saying, School-based clinics are considered one of the most effective strategies for delivering high quality, comprehensive, and culturally-competent primary and preventive care to [...]

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Give a Care about Indy’s Far Eastside!

In Indy, we take pride in our neighborhoods. From Martindale-Brightwood to Downtown, Fountain Square to Brookside or Broad Ripple, we appreciate the personality and flavor of each small community.  Well, we JUST became a Far Eastside neighbor!! At HealthNet, we’ve been deeply invested in our neighborhoods for more than 40 years. In fact, many of [...]

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Three ways to keep advocating for FQHC funding, even in the face of FY2011 cuts!

Community Health Center funding was cut by $600 million dollars when legislators finally came to an agreement on the federal budget last week. [T]his major reduction will — in this year alone — negate the ability to provide basic health care services to over 5 million of our most vulnerable Americans, and will seriously undermine [...]

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County Health Rankings! Marion County is NOT very healthy…

The County Health Rankings report was just released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This report ranks each county in each state in overall health calculated by factors such as individual health behaviors, education and jobs, quality of health care, and environment.  This report is a great [...]

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Tomorrow equals ONE YEAR for the Affordable Care Act

One year ago tomorrow, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. Community Health Centers now serve 23 million patients and provide care for one-fourth of all primary care visits for low-income citizens in our country.  The Affordable Care Act has been one more step towards health centers throughout the nation caring for 40 [...]

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Keep Indy A Healthy Place to Live – Let Your Voice Be Heard!

At HealthNet, we see first-hand the real effects of the current economic environment. Each day, calls come in from middle-class people — once employed and insured — who now find themselves in a situation they never dreamed they would be in: unemployed and uninsured. For many, their unemployment benefits have been exhausted as well as [...]

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A reported 50 Million Uninsured, Health Center access is needed…

Imagine if you needed medical treatment now, but you had to wait 2-3 days in order to get an appointment at your personal physician’s office.  Well, this is happening in community health centers throughout the nation. Last year, a reported 50 million Americans between the ages of 18-64 were without health insurance for the entire [...]

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