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Federal officials have accepted an application that would grant St. Louis County鈥檚 three clinics special status that would add $6 million a year to the health department鈥檚 budget.

Three government-run health clinics in St. Louis County serve patients who can鈥檛 afford treatment elsewhere. But the health department has faced rising costs and staffing shortages. A new plan would garner the department millions more in federal funding each year.

Community health centers around the country paid $410 million from 2018 to 2021 in 485 settlements or judgments over malpractice suits. The centers and their employees have immunity from medical malpractice lawsuits, meaning the federal government pays any settlements or court judgments.

With federal CARES Act funding, Affinia Healthcare will offer reduced-cost dental care more frequently to low-income patients鈥� many of whom are uninsured and living below the federal poverty level.

St. Louis and St. Louis County officials are urging people who may have contracted the coronavirus to get tested, even if they don鈥檛 have a cough, fever鈥�

Low-cost health care centers are lacking in parts of the St. Louis region with the greatest medical need, according to a report from the St. Louis鈥�

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday it鈥檚 giving nearly $3 million to 29 community health centers in Missouri. The money鈥�

Speaking to a group of local health care professionals, Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt couldn鈥檛 resist deploying his renowned dry wit when he was asked鈥�

Your doctor can refer you to a specialist 鈥� but what if she could refer you to free legal help, too?In St. Louis, attorneys for Legal Services of Eastern鈥�

This artile first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 9, 2012 - The Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act means expanded insurance鈥�