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Congress has not yet reauthorized funding for the upcoming year for the Community Health Center Program, to avoid the so-called “funding cliff."  WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Sawtooth Mountain Clinic CEO Rita Plourde about what this means here locally right now, as well as moving forward.
 
The current bills in Congress discussed in the interview are House Bill 3770 and Senate Bill 1899.

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