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Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival

  • Written by Jennifer Spinghart, Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina
Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival Community health clinics provide primary care to 1 in 10 people in the U.S., but they often operate on razor-thin margins.Ariel Skelley/Photodisc via Getty Images

Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025.

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