Vermont health centers can lead the way

Sen. Bernie Sanders told the representatives of community health centers gathered in the conference room of his Burlington office Monday that they could have a “profound impact” on health care, not only in Vermont, but the nation. Vermont’s eight centers serve 108,000 Vermonters with primary, dental and mental health care — the highest penetration per capita in the country, Sanders said. Under the new national health reform act, federally qualified health centers will benefit from an injection of $12.5 billion over the next five years to help expand the access they offer to basic medical care from 20 million Americans to 40 million.

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