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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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New law expands health coverage for undocumented children

By Leah Rosenbaum | December 2, 2016 | 1
A sign for LifeLong's pediatric clinic in central Richmond. Photo by Leah Rosenbaum.

For the first time in their lives, hundreds of kids in Contra Costa County have health insurance thanks to SB 75.

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