Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers: News

Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown and the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) recently announced 15 grant awards, totaling $1.1 million, intended to help provide access to health care for more than 25,000 Marylanders in all regions of the state.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than $14 million was awarded today to 45 school-based health centers across the country allowing the number of children served to increase by nearly 50 percent, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced.

Clinics receiving the awards, made possible by the health reform law, are already providing much-needed health care services to 112,000 children. Today’s infusion of new money will enable them to expand their capacity and modernize their facilities, which will allow them to treat an estimated additional 53,000 children in 29 States.

Members of Maryland’s Primary Care Coalition are pleased to express a robust support of Maryland’s candidacy for participation in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded nearly $220 million in Affordable Insurance Exchange grants to 13 states to help them create Exchanges, giving these states more flexibility and resources to implement the Affordable Care Act. The health care reform law gives states the freedom to design Affordable Insurance Exchanges – one-stop marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and have the same kinds of insurance choices as members of Congress.