This policy research brief finds that health center expansion to serve an additional 20 million patients as a part of national health reform would result in overall health care savings of $212 billion from 2010 to 2019, including federal Medicaid savings of $59 billion. The report emphasizes that the savings far exceed the $38.8 billion health center investment called for in the July 14 House health reform bill.
14. Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of a Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs.
