Orange County’s Community Health Clinics Begin Feeling Federal Cuts

Orange County’s Community Health Clinics Begin Feeling Federal Cuts

Orange County’s community health clinics are getting downsized as their funding dries up, with plans to cut half of the medical services it offers for residents by the end of June.  The services in question all come from the county’s clinic on 17th Street in Santa Ana, which will no longer offer emergency dental services, a children’s clinic or a family planning clinic according to county spokesperson Ellen Guevara.   That means services like ph…

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In Philly region, chaos over cuts to federal health grants closes an addiction care center and threatens vaccine clinics

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South Orange Sees $155K Cuts in Federal Health Care Grants - The Village Green

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