By: Beau Boughamer

Lots of health center news popped up over the holidays.  Let’s get right to it:

• In an interview with the Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that a funding boost for health centers in the Senate reform bill will spark a “revolution in primary care.”

• The Nashville Post looked at expansion at United Neighborhood Health Services.

• The Courier-Journal in Louisville was one of many outlets to note that general-public H1N1 vaccination is taking place at health centers now.

• The Contra Costa Times profiled Dr. Daisy Eng, a National Health Service Corps physician at Open Door’s Eureka Community Health Center.

• The Petaluma Argus-Courier reviewed growth plans for Petaluma Health Center.

• The Kokomo Perspective in Indiana ran a letter by Indiana Health Centers, Inc. CEO Lynn Clothier underscoring the value of health centers.

• The Akron Beacon Journal profiled Portage County Community Health Center.

…and…

• Congratulations to Dr. Susan Pence of the Community Center of Southeast Kansas, whose second child — a son, Ethan — was the first baby of the new year in Pittsburg, Kansas!