Legislation to extend funding for clinics serving poor and uninsured stalls in Congress

Congress is fast approaching the deadline to renew federal funding for thousands of community health centers across the country, or risk leaving millions of Americans without health care.

Lawmakers must act by September 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year, to extend the Community Health Center Fund, which provides $3.6 billion of funding to nearly 1,400 community health center organizations. The health centers serve approximately 26 million people, including about 1.2 mil...