Sanders Strikes $17 Billion Deal For Government Health Centers

Sen. Bernie Sanders struck a deal with a Republican senator to inject billions of new dollars into federal programs to expand access to primary care in the US, but the package still faces questions about how it’ll be paid for.

Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) Thursday announced they’re backing legislation to give the federal community health centers program $5.8 billion each year for the next three years—a nearly $2 billion per year boost for the program that would go to expanding operating hours for the centers and to newly offered nutrition services. Their deal also includes tripling funding ...