Posted on 09/12/2014 10:13:55 PM PDT by steve86
Health clinics in Washington that largely serve low-income and minority residents will receive nearly $7.5 million in federal grants to increase access to primary care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is awarding more than $295 million to community clinics nationwide, according to an announcement made Friday.
In Washington, the money will go to 25 community health centers that treat medically underserved communities. The grants will help pay for an estimated 104 full-time health-care providers and benefit roughly 40,000 new patients (see full list of recipients below). The Affordable Care Act and its expansion of health-care coverage has increased the number of people seeking medical care, putting added strain on a primary care system that was already stretched thin in places.
“It’s clearly primary care where the drastic shortages occur,” said Dr. Roger Rosenblatt, professor and vice chair of the University of Washington’s Department of Family Medicine. “They’re the foundation.”
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Washington is one of the states that opted to expand the definition of who is eligible for free health care through Medicaid. Since October 2013, more than 350,000 newly eligible adults have signed up for the program, which locally goes by the name Apple Health. And nearly 200,000 adults who previously qualified for Medicaid but had not enrolled have now joined, according to data through the end of July.
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PING!
He predicted it was just a question of time before health care for the poor, the lower middle class, and the low income elderly will be taken over by public clinics and public hospitals.
And, subtle forms of rationing will be instituted at every level of public treatment.
Third world ism
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