Community Health Centers in an Era of Health System Reform and Economic Downturn: Prospects and Challenges March 1, 2009 Issue Brief This issue brief reviews the role of community health centers in the nation’s health care safety net. The centers provided comprehensive primary care to 16.1 million patients in 2007, many of them from lower-income families and medically underserved communities. The role of the centers is even more critical during an…
Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Low-Income Non-Citizen Adults June 1, 2007 Issue Brief This brief analyzes health insurance coverage and access for low-income non-citizen adults and discusses provider insights into the obstacles this population faces in obtaining coverage and receiving care. Overall, non-citizen adults account for just under one-fourth of all non-elderly uninsured adults. Low-income uninsured adults are at particularly high risk for…
