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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

HHS announces the availability of $100 million in Affordable Care Act funding to expand access to primary care

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Dept. of Health & Human Services

HHS announces the availability of $100 million in Affordable Care Act funding to expand access to primary care through new community health centers


HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today the availability of $100 million from the Affordable Care Act to support an estimated 150 new health center sites across the country in 2015. New health center sites will increase access to comprehensive, affordable, high quality primary health care services in the communities that need it most.  Later today, Secretary Burwell will also visit a Community Health Center in Decatur, Georgia to talk with its health care professionals about the important work they are doing to connect the community with high quality primary care.

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