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Each state legislative session, state law requires organizations employing a lobbyist to register with the State Government Accountability Board. WPHCA has a government relations director who lobbies on behalf of the Association and Community Health Centers. See where WPHCA has been advocating at:

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In the 1960s, the federal health center program was begun to provide primary care to people who were poor and to complement to the new Medicaid program.
source: The Commonwealth Fund

The Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program released the 2008 revision of the Wisconsin Essential Diabetes Mellitus Care Guidelines.
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The first Health Centers opened 40 years ago. Two Tufts University doctors got a federal grant to open Centers in Boston and Mississippi.
source: Shaping the Future From Our Past: Four Amazing Centuries of Innovation, Boston History & Innovation Collaborative, (2006)

The 2007 estimated cost of diabetes in the U.S. was $174 billion. That’s $1 out of every $5 spent on health care.

(Source: The Economic Imperative to Conquer Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2008; 31(3):624-625.)

Tobacco users in Wisconsin can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for personalized coaching and two weeks’ of free medication to help quit.

Although cancer deaths have declined for both whites and African Americans in the U. S., African Americans continue to suffer the greatest burden for the most common types of cancer.

(Source: National Cancer Institute)

The American Heart Association says add one hour of regular, vigorous physical activity to your day and you may gain up to two hours of life expectancy for that hour.
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Wisconsin health dropped to 17th in the U.S. for 2008. Why? High geographic disparity (12.7%), binge drinking (23.8% of people), obesity (25.3% of people), and low public health funding ($34 per person).
(Source: UnitedHealth Foundation)

Today, more than one in four Americans has two or more chronic conditions.

(Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Since 2001, as part of President Bush’s Health Center Expansion Initiative, Congress has increased funding for Health Centers. Today, 5 million more Americans in 900 communities have access to effective, affordable primary care.
source: Health Services and Resources Administration

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