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Use of Federal Health Clinics Soars
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Sep 28, 2009 03:10am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | JARED A. FAVOLE |
| Media | Newspaper - Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Monday, September 28, 2009 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LEESBURG, Va. -- Federally funded health centers, originally created to serve the poor, are seeing a surge of patients as more Americans struggle financially.
The centers are on track to handle more than 20 million patients this year, up by more than two million from last year and twice the figure of a decade ago, according to surveys by the National Association of Community Health Centers.
"They're seeing lines out the door," said the association's research director, Michelle Proser.
On a recent afternoon at the Loudoun County Community Health Center here, patients came in at a rate of one every two minutes. Operating chief Stephanie Kenyon said the waiting list has jumped to 500 from 20 in a few months. Some of the new patients are college-educated and, until recently, held jobs that put them in the middle class. |
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