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HHS awards money for health centers
June 2012 Checklist
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Health & Human Services recently awarded $728 million in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) grants to expand 398 community health centers. The ACA allocates $1.5 billion in funding to construct and renovate health centers, about half of which was awarded in 2010. The grants will help facilities expand access to an additional 860,000 patients.
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