Health Resources and Services Administration Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees, Fiscal Year 2013.

摘要

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is the principal Federal Agency charged with increasing access to basic health care for those who are medically underserved. Health care in the United States is among the finest in the world but it is not accessible to everyone. Millions of families still face barriers to quality health care because of their income, lack of insurance, geographic isolation, or language and cultural barriers. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides for a substantial expansion of components of the HRSA-supported safety net, including the Health Centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and a variety of health workforce development programs, to address these and other access problems.