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Community Health Centers In An Era Of Health Reform: An Overview And Key Challenges To Health Center Growth, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Carmen Alvarez, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Community Health Centers In An Era Of Health Reform: An Overview And Key Challenges To Health Center Growth, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Carmen Alvarez, Sara J. Rosenbaum
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Today, over 1,100 federally funded community health centers play a vital role in ensuring access to health care for a predominantly low-income population in medically underserved communities. Health centers’ ability to provide comprehensive primary care and improve access to high-quality care while holding down health care cost growth has been well-documented. As health reform spurs coverage expansion and efforts to improve quality, the nation’s reliance on health centers is likely to grow.
In the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress invested $11 billion over five years to expand the health center program, to broaden access to care in lower-income communities as …