Earmark - Workers without Insurance

Agency:		Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau:		Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Account:		Program management (75-0511)
Certifying Official:		Director, Division of Budget Formulation
Contact Information:		http://WWW.HHS.GOV 202-720-3210

Workers without Insurance

1 recipient will receive $496,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: n/a

Description: Swope Health Services is a Federally Qualified Health Center and Community Mental Health Center, and is a major player in and critical part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area safety net of care. The service area includes Wyandotte County which has one of the highest percentages of medically uninsured residents in the state of Kansas. This project will target 25%, or 950, of the 3,800 uninsured residents in the service area. The objective of this project is to provide compassionate, quality and affordable physical and behavioral health care to uninsured individuals and families in the service areas of Wyandotte and Johnson counties.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Swope Health Services (no. 076271428)	$496	Program Management	Non-Profit	3801 Blue Parkway n/a Kansas City, MO
Comment: n/a

Citation

Source: Appropriations Statute

Reference: Public Law 108-447

Location: Specific location of the Earmark within the uploaded PDF - either a crosscutting PDF or an earmark-specific PDF. Must include the page number and line number

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: 500,000 is available for Swope Health Services, Kansas City, Missouri, to supplement recurring healthcare costs for underemployed, uninsured, and income-qualified patients in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, Kansas

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Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007