WASHINGTON – Four community health centers in the 5th Congressional District are receiving funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC).
“People who lose their health insurance are turning to health centers for care,” said Spratt. “These funds will help the centers provide care to more patients during this recession, and create or retain health center jobs.”
Health centers deliver preventive and primary care services to patients regardless of their ability to pay; charges for services are set according to income. Health centers served more than 16 million patients nationwide in 2007, about 40 percent of whom had no health insurance.
The following health centers in the 5th District are receiving funds.
Health Center - City - Amount
CareSouth Carolina - Hartsville - $614,758
Community Medicine Foundation - Rock Hill - $225,857
HopeHealth, Inc. - Florence - $126,933
Sumter Family Health Center - Sumter - $231,126
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