How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation's Primary Care Needs

Authors

Leighton C. Ku, George Washington UniversityFollow
Julia Zur, George Washington University
Emily Jones, Department of Health and Human ServicesFollow
Peter Shin, George Washington University
Sara J. Rosenbaum, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

11-18-2013

Publisher

George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy

Series

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative Policy Research Brief No. 34

Keywords

Primary Care; Community Health Centers

Abstract

A new report by Drs. L. Ku, J. Zur, E. Jones, P. Shin and S. Rosenbaum examines the impact of federal and state policy decisions on community health centers and their ability to continue providing primary care to the nation's poorest residents. The report estimates that under a worst-case scenario the nation's health centers would be forced to contract, leaving an estimated 1 million low-income people without access to health care services by 2020.

Recommended Citation

Ku, L., Zur, J., Jones, E., Shin, P., & Rosenbaum, S. (2013). How Medicaid expansions and future community health center funding will shape capacity to meet the nation's primary care needs (Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative policy research brief no. 34). Washington, D.C.: George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy.

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