HHS Announces HRSA Health Centers Deliver Record-Breaking Care to More Than 32.7 Million Patients

[Commonground]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 3, 2026

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today marked National Health Center Week by announcing that Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centers served more than 32.7 million patients in 2025 — an increase of more than 350,000 patients from 2024 and the highest number of patients served in the Health Center Program’s 61-year history.

Continued: https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hrsa-...%20Protections

[sharon sanders]

So I decided to test this for Orange county, Florida.

They are called Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

There are apparently 20ish depending on size.

There are large centers that other a variety of services:

https://www.chcfl.org/

Also, please see:

https://www.mytruehealth.org/about/

https://obfh.org/

(This one represents on their website that no one is turned away because they can not pay.)


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It looks like they all take insurance including medicare and medicaid and they charge for services based on your ability to pay - some kind of sliding scale.

It appears true that the HHS is funding (probably partially) some local community health services.