Millions to be given to Create Clinics around the Country

What would you do with $250,000,000? This is the question that many low income clinics around the country will soon be asking themselves thanks to a large grant from the Federal government. The plan calls for building new clinics as well as building up the services of those clinics already existing in lower income areas. This $250,000,000 grant will be aimed primarily at about 8000 clinics across the country.

According to Washingtonpost.com the money will be in high demand but that the $250 million plan is simply part of a larger overall picture:

“Applicants must “demonstrate a high level of need in the community, present a sound proposal to meet this need, and show that the organization is ready to quickly put their proposal to work,” Mary Wakefield, another HRSA administrator, said in a statement. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 17.

The administration set aside $11 billion to expand and bolster community health centers over the next five years as more Americans gain medical insurance through health-care reform. About 45 million people live in areas designated by the federal government as medically underserved.”

These Health Centers operate in large part as ways to catch uninsured people who need medical attention. Of course this shows the expense to taxpayers for the uninsured, but luckily in North Carolina we have a great Health Care provider with the BCBSNC system. So even though these clinics fulfill a need, hopefully overtime more and more people will end up being insured by a great provider like Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

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Avoid Eggs for your Health?

With the recent recall of eggs is important for your health to consider whether or not it will be advisable to eat eggs again any time in the near future. Yahoo News is reporting that as many as 1300 people might possibly have gotten sick from eating the contaminated eggs. If that number is accurate you certainly wouldn’t want to take the risk of eating the known contaminated eggs, but will things be safe from here on out?

Luckily no deaths have been reported from the salmonella outbreak and if you are concerned about the eggs in your local grocery store you can check this link http://bit.ly/9yambn for the FDA’s information regarding recalled egg brands. It should also be noted that even if the eggs are infected with salmonella that the bacteria can be killed through proper heating, and besides that it seems that the affected eggs should have already been removed from the marketplace. So you don’t necessarily need to be afraid of eating eggs at this point, but you may want to make sure that you do not eat them runny just to be sure.

Of course if you were ever to get sick from salmonella poisoning or another food borne illness you can always go to your local doctor or emergency room for treatment. Of course this is where Blue Cross NC Health Insurance will really come in handy for you, because you simply never know when something like the contaminated egg outbreak may happen and it’s always best to protect yourself with quality Health Insurance.

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