
Opinion: Use rural health funds to strengthen CT’s community health centers
Connecticut must seize the opportunity created by the new Rural Health Transformation Grant (RHTG) program and bolster Community Health Centers.
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Connecticut must seize the opportunity created by the new Rural Health Transformation Grant (RHTG) program and bolster Community Health Centers.

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A surge in demand is straining Connecticut’s community health centers.
Over the last five years, the state’s community health centers saw an 18% increase in patient volume, new federal data shows.

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Community health centers in Connecticut and nationwide are coming together to fight for funding.
With federal budget talks at an impasse, it could lead to lost funding for the centers, which fill gaps in the health care system. In Connecticut, the 17 community health centers in the state provide care for around 452,000 people, regardless of whether they are insured.

Community Health & Wellness Center — which operates clinics in Torrington, Winsted and North Canaan — and Wheeler Health — which serves patients in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville and Waterbury — have signed a letter of intent to evaluate combining into one network.