Community Health Centers Face Funding Crisis

[...]Amoskeag Health will likely fall $3 million short in its $22 million operating budget this year. Research by the National Association of Community Health Centers shows that FQHCs provide more cost-effective health care than other settings, especially for people on Medicaid, and the centers contribute roughly $335 million to the Granite State economy each year. [...]an alliance of FQHCs in NH appealed to the governor's office for $11 million in emergency funding, but received only $6 million in relief, which was announced in mid-August. [...]supporting FQHCs is "not only the right thing to do, but it makes good economic sense," says Patricia Tilley, associate commissioner of the NH Department of Health and Human Services.