Alert: Feds to spend $8 million in Florida to sell Obamacare
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reports it has 46 awards totaling $8,052,533 to sell the Affordable Healthcare Act in Florida.
The DHHS website states, “Florida has 48 health centers with 410 sites that served 1,136,458 patients last year, 43.65 percent of them uninsured. With their Outreach and Enrollment funding, the health centers listed below expect to hire 163 new workers, who will assist 158,160 people with enrollment into affordable health insurance coverage.”
This is government promoting government.
Below is a list of the healthcare centers which received awards:
| Health Center | City | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|
| BANYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Miami | $62,146 |
| BOND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Tallahassee | $138,189 |
| BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC. | Miami | $258,243 |
| BREVARD HEALTH ALLIANCE INC., THE | Melbourne | $152,401 |
| BROWARD COMMUNITY AND FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Hollywood | $124,835 |
| CAMILLUS HEALTH CONCERN, INC. | Miami | $94,926 |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Sanford | $297,546 |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA HEALTH CARE, INC. | Avon Park | $184,081 |
| CITRUS HEALTH NETWORK, INC. | Hialeah | $131,831 |
| COLLIER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | Immokalee | $176,623 |
| COMMUNITY AIDS RESOURCE | Miami | $87,809 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF PINELLAS, INC. | Saint Petersburg | $205,102 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Winter Garden | $298,063 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. | Cutler Bay | $603,291 |
| ESCAMBIA COMMUNITY CLINICS, INC. | Pensacola | $173,884 |
| FAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, INC. | Lake City | $87,028 |
| FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. | Fort Myers | $237,882 |
| FLORIDA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | West Palm Beach | $173,653 |
| GENESIS COMMUNITY HEALTH, INC. | Boynton Beach | $64,918 |
| HEALTH CARE DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY | Lake Worth | $409,878 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Port St. Joe | $81,880 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Tallahassee | $76,534 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Jacksonville | $173,939 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Lake Butler | $71,727 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Spring Hill | $105,662 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Sarasota | $171,544 |
| HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | Kissimmee | $166,877 |
| HEALTH CARE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, INC. | Orlando | $168,637 |
| HEART OF FLORIDA HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Ocala | $121,414 |
| JESSIE TRICE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Miami | $265,635 |
| MANATEE COUNTY RURAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | Parrish | $394,379 |
| MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Miami | $209,480 |
| NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT | Fort Lauderdale | $93,353 |
| NORTH FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTERS, INC. | Tallahassee | $162,719 |
| NORTHEAST FLORIDA | Pierson | $121,524 |
| PANCARE OF FLORIDA, INC. | Panama City | $95,971 |
| PINELLAS, COUNTY OF | Clearwater | $75,434 |
| PREMIER COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. | Dade City | $138,189 |
| PROJECT HEALTH, INC. | Sumterville | $106,938 |
| RURAL HEALTH CARE, INC. | Palatka | $176,205 |
| RURAL HEALTH NETWORK OF MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA, INC. | Key West | $61,970 |
| SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Ruskin | $253,040 |
| TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Tampa | $398,284 |
| THE SULZBACHER I M CENTER FOR | Jacksonville | $105,783 |
| TREASURE COAST COMMUNITY HEALTH, INC. | Fellsmere | $134,987 |
| TRENTON MEDICAL CENTER | Trenton | $158,099 |
RELATED INFORMATION:
Health centers to help uninsured Americans gain affordable health insurance coverage press release (07/10/2013)
Health Centers Outreach and Enrollment Awards by State map and list
Funding Opportunity Announcement: HRSA-13-279 (PDF – 1.7 MB)
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