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Richmond health centers facing big cuts from Congress

By Alex Matthews | October 11, 2017
Laura Echavarria, a medical assistant at LifeLong Medical Care’s Brookside Richmond clinic, cleans an exam room on Oct. 10. LifeLong’s three medical clinics are among the safety-net providers that are preparing for a major loss of federal funding if Congress does not act.

Congress missed its September 30 deadline to extend funding for community health centers. Now Richmond health centers are bracing for the worst, while advocates scramble for another solution.

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Richmond clinics to lose major funding source unless Congress votes tomorrow

By Alex Matthews | September 29, 2017 | 1
If Congres fails to pass crucial funding by tomorrow, health centers in Richmond will lose 70 percent of their federal grant funding.

Republicans recently failed again to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But if Congress doesn’t act by tomorrow, Contra Costa County health clinics that serve thousands of low-income patients could still lose millions of dollars from the federal Community Health Center Fund–which is set to expire tomorrow.

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