written on September 1st, 2011 | by James R. Klein
Health care is a constant struggle for many Americans, especially low-income individuals and families. The Columbus Dispatch’s August 9th article “Area Health Centers Hit Hard by Federal Cuts” reported that federal spending reductions could cause 5 million people to be turned away from their current Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). A National Association of Community [...]
Tags: Columbus Dispatch, Community Health Centers, Federally Qualified Health Center, funding, State of Ohio
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written on October 6th, 2010 | by James R. Klein
Last week, Finance Fund celebrated the opening of Zik’s Family Pharmacy in inner-city Dayton with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Zik’s, located at 1130 W. Third St. in the Wright Dunbar Business District, is owned and operated by Nnodum Iheme, a Dayton-based pharmacist and entrepreneur. Finance Fund helped make this much needed local pharmacy a reality with [...]
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written on August 12th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
We all come naked from the womb, but most of us do not stay that way. Yet again I am amazed at the rhetoric flying about the airwaves and the halls of congress concerning the Shangri-La or inferno of revamping the U.S. health care system. It’s not the topic that is disconcerting but how the [...]
Tags: Add new tag, collaboration, Congress, economic challenges, Healthcare, James Klein, President Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, US Senate
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