Affordable Care Act grants that expanded community health center services set to expire, despite bipartisan suport

While the U.S. Senate has been consumed in the past few weeks by the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Congress let the clock wind down on one of the law's provisions that both parties really like. The ACA tripled federal grants to community health centers, which serve uninsured and low-income patients in health care deserts in cities and rural areas nationwide. In the past five years, the centers have hired clinicians and added services such as dental and eye care. These clinics…
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