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Health advocates request federal funds for community health centers

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
November 10, 2017

<h1>Health advocates request federal funds for community health centers</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />November 10, 2017</p> <p>The U.S. Senate is considering funding a program that would provide healthcare to people at community clinics, WJTV reported.</p> <p><a href="https://wjtv.com/2017/11/09/health-advocates-ask-senators-to-fund-community-health-centers/">Read and view the story here.</a></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p>Follow Mississippi Today’s recent healthcare coverage:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/08/oktibbeha-voters-spurn-hospital-sale-board-embraces-idea-of-allying-with-larger-system/">After Oktibbeha voters reject hospital sale, board OKs idea of allying with larger system</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/10/health-advocates-request-federal-funds-for-community-health-centers/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=108363&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/10/health-advocates-request-federal-funds-for-community-health-centers/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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