Health center gets Affordable Care Act funds

CHILLICOTHE – Hopewell Health Centers Inc. in Chillicothe has been awarded $433,333 in Affordable Care Act funding, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.

“The Affordable Care Act has led to unprecedented increases in access to health insurance,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. “Part of building on that progress is connecting people to the care they need. Health centers are keystones of the communities they serve in Ohio. Today’s awards will enable more individuals and families in Ohio to have access to the affordable, quality health care that health centers provide. That includes the preventive and primary care services that will keep them healthy.”

The funds are designed to be used to help community health centers improve delivery of comprehensive primary health care services in communities that need them most.

Nationally, about $101 million was awarded to 164 new health center sites.