Health Center LocatorAs the population grows, as people wrestle with job dislocation and income disparities , as insurance costs rise and millions find their coverage either contracted or lost altogether, as fewer physicians provide primary care, as politicians confront the challenge of providing health care, America’s health centers must grow and adapt to a host of challenges.
In the period from 2001 to 2006, the number of uninsured patients getting care at health centers grew by 2 million people. Projections put the number of uninsured Americans at 60 million by the year 2010. On top of this, 56 million Americans do not have adequate access to primary care because of a shortage of such physicians in their communities.
Because of that growing need, the National Association of Community Health Centers supports continued expansion of the health center system to nearly double its current capacity – to serve 30 million people – by the year 2015.
Because 40% of health center patients lack any insurance, and because 45% of health center patients get coverage under government insurance programs, NACHC and its members also support and advocate continued federal and state support for direct funding and low-income insurance programs.
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