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Community health centers urge continued state funding, cite expanded access and cost savings
Summary
Representatives of Community Health Centers of the Dakotas and Northland Health Centers told the House Human Resources Appropriations Division that state appropriations recommended in House Bill 1012 help expand primary, dental and behavioral health care across rural and urban North Dakota and reduce higher-cost care downstream.
Shannon Bacon, director of external affairs for the Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas (CHaD), and representatives from member clinics told the House Appropriations — Human Resources Division on May 20 that state appropriations recommended in the executive budget (House Bill 1012) should be continued to sustain and expand community health center services.
CHaD represents federally qualified health centers that operate on a sliding-fee basis and supply integrated primary care, behavioral health and dental services in both rural and urban settings. Bacon said CHaD’s five member health centers operate 22 sites in 20 communities and provided care to more than 36,000 unique patients with about 126,000 visits in 2023. About 40% of patients served by CHaD centers use Medicaid and roughly 16% were uninsured, Bacon said.
“We provide care to all people regardless of their…
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