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TPCA Members Testify at House Health and Human Resources Hearing at Legislative Plaza
On Tuesday, February 2nd, Christi Granstaff, Deputy Director at TPCA, Jeff McKissack, CEO at Matthew Walker CHC, Lisa Terry, CEO at Primary Care and Hope Clinic, and Mary Bufwack, CEO at United Neighborhood Health Services were on a panel in the House Health and Human Resources Committee Hearing on the safety net funds. They gave a presentation on the importance of the funds in providing primary care to the state's neediest citizens and thanked the committee for their continued support of community health clinics.
Watch the entire hearing online at
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videowrapper/
default.aspx?CommID=860000
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TPCA Members Visit Tennessee's Delegation in Washington - One Year Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
TPCA Members recently visited their Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill. Armed with success stories from their ARRA funded projects, members discussed the next steps for following through with the one-time stimulus funding.
Tennessee’s people and communities are healthier thanks to the investment in Community Health Centers from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), or the “economic stimulus.” The law, enacted one year ago this week, provided funds that helped health centers expand care to the growing numbers of jobless and uninsured people who were quickly filling up their waiting rooms. To increase capacity and serve more people, many health centers were able to keep or recruit new staff, such as nurses, doctors and dentists, and renovate or even build new facilities.
For examples of ARRA-funded projects at Tennessee's health centers, click here.
For Photos from the congressional visits, click here.
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The Tennessee Primary Care Association improves access to primary health care through leadership, advocacy, and support, as the voice of community health centers. Membership includes nonprofit primary care clinics across the state operating over 150 sites providing comprehensive medical care.
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