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.
