On the Records: $61 Million Awarded for Health Centers
Through provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the federal government today awarded $61 million to improve and establish new community health centers in Texas. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates the funding for 25 new or improved health centers will serve 78,479 patients across the state.
“For many Americans, community health centers are the major source of care that ranges from prevention to treatment of chronic diseases," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a prepared statement. "This investment will expand our ability to provide high-quality care to millions of people while supporting good paying jobs ...
Comments (6)
Gillian Parrillo via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Affordable healthcare act comes through again!
Scott Magee via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah, because Texas is going to secede, or doesn't need the federal government, or some other stupid shit from Rick Perry's mouth...what an idiot. That's why Texas comes in dead last in almost every category from literacy, to health care, to number of insured, to those in poverty, and teenage pregnancies. Thanks, Rick. I know. There were three things you were going to do, but you can't remember them right now.
gypsy314 ne
more hand outs on borrowed money sad sad
Anyone but democrats!
sharrun milligan
okay u can do that
Adele Roberson
How long will i take Rick Perry to take these funds and allocate them to one of his pet cronyism
projects. A week? A month?
Adele Roberson
In Texas , and so typical in the South, all Republicans running in primaries this Spring are running huge ads convincing the electorate that they are wholly supported by the Tea Party.
Like being supported by a bunch of lunatics is a good thing.
For instance: Five days before he is scheduled to appear at a Tea Party rally in Austin alongside U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz released two new TV ads highlighting supporters from around the state, including several conservative activists.
"I'm Standing with Cruz" is set to air statewide on both cable and broadcast networks starting Wednesday, a campaign spokesman said. While Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert have already aired ads on the more expensive broadcast networks, this is the Cruz campaign's first ad that won't air solely on cable.
The ad shows a series of people affirming their support for Cruz in the U.S. Senate race, including Dave Nalle, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, and Konni Burton, vice president of the NE Tarrant Tea Party.
People in the South, the ones that are not braindead, are hoping these ads and the millions of dollars spent by the Tea Party, will in fact have a really big negative result.
Another year and he Tea Party will be just another dead rat.