Funds Committed to Expand Community Health Centers

In May, the Obama Administration committed $728 million to renovate and grow 398 community health centers. The funds, which were made available under the 2010 health law and the 2009 stimulus package, will help facilities in 48 states to expand their capacity to serve an additional 900,000 patients. Since 2009, three million more patients have received care at community health centers. Currently, 8,500 locations around the U.S. provide care to 20 million people. With the new funding, an additional 1.3 million patients will be treated at these facilities in the next two years. And, it is predicted that demand will continue to grow when an expected 30 million Americans gain health coverage in 2014.