Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made a stop at the Riverside Health Center of Burlington Thursday sharing his enthusiasm for the federal money the community health system in Vermont will receive to continue providing health care to all residents.”Every person in the state of Vermont, in fact everyone in America, is entitled to quality healthcare as a human right,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I)-Vermont, said. “That means you get primary healthcare.”The state will receive over $33 million courtesy of the American Rescue Plan.”This money will make our job even easier to reach out and provide quality healthcare to all people.”The money is being distributed to 11 state community health centers that are caring for over 180,000 Vermonters, regardless of insurance.”FQHC’S accept and are delighted to accept people who are on medicaid, delighted to accept people on medicare, also delighted to accept people who have private health insurance and importantly if you have no health insurance, you walk in the door as well.”Senator Sanders said Thursday that he hopes to see some of the money focus in on a few key areas like dental care, mental health, and easy access to medical care for children. “We’ve made some real progress in Vermont over the years but dental care and getting affordable dental care remains a crisis,” Sanders said. “We’ve had inadequate resources in terms of dealing with mental health, that situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic.”Sanders believes this money is pushing forward the mission of community health centers, which is to care for all.”The goal here is to make sure everybody in the community whether you have a lot of money whether you have no money gets the quality care that you need as a human being.”
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made a stop at the Riverside Health Center of Burlington Thursday sharing his enthusiasm for the federal money the community health system in Vermont will receive to continue providing health care to all residents.
“Every person in the state of Vermont, in fact everyone in America, is entitled to quality healthcare as a human right,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I)-Vermont, said. “That means you get primary healthcare.”
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The state will receive over $33 million courtesy of the American Rescue Plan.
“This money will make our job even easier to reach out and provide quality healthcare to all people.”
The money is being distributed to 11 state community health centers that are caring for over 180,000 Vermonters, regardless of insurance.
“FQHC’S accept and are delighted to accept people who are on medicaid, delighted to accept people on medicare, also delighted to accept people who have private health insurance and importantly if you have no health insurance, you walk in the door as well.”
Senator Sanders said Thursday that he hopes to see some of the money focus in on a few key areas like dental care, mental health, and easy access to medical care for children.
“We’ve made some real progress in Vermont over the years but dental care and getting affordable dental care remains a crisis,” Sanders said. “We’ve had inadequate resources in terms of dealing with mental health, that situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic.”
Sanders believes this money is pushing forward the mission of community health centers, which is to care for all.
“The goal here is to make sure everybody in the community whether you have a lot of money whether you have no money gets the quality care that you need as a human being.”
