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School clinics await funds from health-care reform
- 08-03-2010
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By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week
School-based health centers, which provide comprehensive medical care to students beyond the standard school-nurse clinic model, are awaiting a big boost from the federal government under the law overhauling the nation’s health-care system. The legislation provides for $200 million over four years to help centers pay for capital improvements, like buying medical equipment or expanding or improving building space, and it authorizes the government to distribute additional money for operating costs, such as salaries for medical professionals. (more...)
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