Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-2012
Keywords
Safety Net; Community Health Centers; Disparities; Health Reform
Abstract
This policy brief profiles health centers and the patients they serve, discusses how health centers are funded, and traces the history of health center growth. It closely examines the recent reduction in both federal appropriations and state grants for health centers, state cutbacks in benefits for adult Medicaid beneficiaries, and the anticipated impact of President Obama's FY 2013 request for federal funding for health centers. Finally, it looks ahead to both the challenges and opportunities health centers face as the nation prepares for 2014, when the ACA will be fully implemented.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
APA Citation
Beeson, T., Rosenbaum, S., Sharac, J., Shin, P., & Paradise, J. (2012). Community health centers: The challenge of growing to meet the need for primary care in medically underserved communities. Washington, DC: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Open Access
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Comments
Issue paper prepared for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Reproduced with permission of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. This publication (#8098-02) is also available on the Kaiser Family Foundation's website.