Save Community Health Centers - the medical home for nearly 23 million
Community, Migrant, Public Housing, and Homeless Health Centers like Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center are currently the family doctor and health care home for nearly 23 million people in nearly 8,000 medically-underserved communities across the country. Yet there are still 60 million people, including many with insurance who still do not have access to a regular source of health care. 37% of all health centers patients, some 8.5 million people, are covered by Medicaid. Health Centers treat 14% of all Medicaid patients - and they do it for only 1% of total Medicaid spending.
America's Health Centers system of community-based health care homes has had a remarkable record of success over more than 45 years in providing quality health care and saving the entire health care system money. Health Centers like RCCHC are a necessary part of solving America's health care crisis.
Therefore, we the undersigned are calling on Congress and the President to:
1. Oppose cuts in the Medicaid program including efforts to reduce or eliminate fair payment protections for Health Centers
2. Increase Health Center's funding by $200 million in fiscal year 2012, toward the goal of allowing health centers to serve 40 million Americans by 2015
Community, Migrant, Public Housing, and Homeless Health Centers like Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center are currently the family doctor and health care home for nearly 23 million people in nearly 8,000 medically-underserved communities across the country. Yet there are still 60 million people, including many with insurance who still do not have access to a regular source of health care. 37% of all health centers patients, some 8.5 million people, are covered by Medicaid. Health Centers treat 14% of all Medicaid patients - and they do it for only 1% of total Medicaid spending.
America's Health Centers system of community-based health care homes has had a remarkable record of success over more than 45 years in providing quality health care and saving the entire health care system money. Health Centers like RCCHC are a necessary part of solving America's health care crisis.
Therefore, we the undersigned are calling on Congress and the President to:
1. Oppose cuts in the Medicaid program including efforts to reduce or eliminate fair payment protections for Health Centers
2. Increase Health Center's funding by $200 million in fiscal year 2012, toward the goal of allowing health centers to serve 40 million Americans by 2015
