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MyCare Health Center Wins $866,667 HHS Grant To Expand Access to Health Care

Press Release

Date: Nov. 7, 2013
Issues: Health Insurance

MyCare Health Center, a community health center based in Mount Clemens has received a $866,667 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to health care, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The grant is part of $9.2 million in grants being awarded in Michigan and. Nationwide, 236 health center programs will receive approximately $150 million in grant awards to serve more than 1.25 million additional patients.

"MyCare Health Center has a distinguished history of providing innovative and comprehensive community-based health care services to Macomb County," said Rep. Sander Levin. "With this grant, MyCare will be able to expand its reach to provide quality, essential health services to residents of Macomb County, regardless of their ability to pay."

The Health Center New Access Points were established in the Affordable Care Act and announced today by HHS Secretary Sebelius. The purpose of the Health Center Program New Access Point is to improve the health of the Nation's underserved communities and vulnerable populations by increasing access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services.

MyCare Health Center plays an important role in the health care for residents of Macomb County. MyCare has assumed the administration of two critical programs previously administered by Macomb County -- a Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program and a Senior Counseling Program

Through the Affordable Care Act's commitment to expand access to high quality health care for all Americans, these grants will be used by the community health centers to support establishment of new full-time service delivery sites.

Today, nationwide approximately 1,200 health centers operate more than 9,000 service delivery sites that provide care to over 21 million patients in every state. Since the beginning of 2009, health centers have added 4 million patients and more than 35,000 new full-time positions.


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