Affordable Care Act Offers Funding to Strengthen Community Health Centers

[cbayer]

Excellent.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hhs-announces-affordable-care-act-funding-opportunity-to-create-jobs-by-building-renovating-and-repairing-community-health-centers-2011-09-09

HHS Announces Affordable Care Act Funding Opportunity to Create Jobs by Building, Renovating and Repairing Community Health Centers

WASHINGTON, Sep 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the availability of approximately $700 million to help build, expand and improve community health centers across the U.S. to provide needed care to low-income Americans. The funds, authorized by the Affordable Care Act, will support renovation and construction projects, boosting centers' ability to care for additional patients and creating jobs in those communities. Community health centers are an integral source of local employment and economic growth in many underserved and low-income communities. In 2010, they employed more than 131,000 staff and new funds made available today will help create thousands of jobs nationwide.

This announcement has two funding opportunities for community health centers. One will provide approximately $600 million to existing health centers across the country for longer-term projects to expand their facilities, hire more employees and serve more patients. The second funding opportunity emphasizes shorter-term projects and will provide approximately $100 million to existing health centers to address immediate facility needs.

"For many Americans, community health centers are the major source of care that ranges from prevention to treatment. These funds will expand our ability to provide high-quality care to millions of people while supporting good paying jobs in communities across the country," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

Health centers improve the health of the nation's vulnerable populations and underserved communities by ensuring access to primary health care services. Currently, more than 8,100 service delivery sites around the country deliver care to nearly 20 million patients regardless of their ability to pay.

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[elleng]

1. Shhhh, don't tell anyone;

this administration doesn't really care about we the people.
:sarcasm:

Thanks, cbayer.

[karynnj]

2. I thing this was the change that Bernie Sanders won -

one of the best things in the bill.

[ClarkUSA]

3. There are alleged Democrats who side with Republicans on wanting to repeal HCR due to the mandate.

I wonder if they care about these facts. Probably not.

Bookmarked. Thanks!

[TheKentuckian]

7. Being able to identify any benefit doesn't justify a policy.

The community health center funding is a relatively small part of the total package.

Overall, it would have been more beneficial just to boost spending in this area since we have failed to even bring even market based reform to a predatory and fairly cancerous cartel, pitifully unable to even remove a ridiculous anti-trust exemption.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. K&R

[Lord Helmet]

5. k and r

[great white snark]

6. K&R

[bigdarryl]

8. don't let the rethugs know about this because they will try and FUCK IT UP!!!!