Health Care Law Brings $1 Million to NEW Community Clinic: Updated

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision next week on the constitutionality of President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

A health care clinic in Green Bay received nearly a million dollars from the president's health care reform law.

It's the single largest grant the NEW Community Clinic has ever received, and officials say it is desperately needed to boost their staff.

The Midwest regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented the money Thursday morning.

"Really we're talking about being able to expand the capacity to serve more people, I think we've just discussed double the capacity to serve people in this community," Kenneth Munson said.

Shannon Archambo is the clinic's only nurse practitioner.

"There's a really great need in this community right now. As a sole provider, I am seeing a full day's worth of patients every day. Some days I even have to turn away patients because there's not enough time, unfortunately," says Archambo.

NEW Community Clinic plans to use the more than $900,000 grant to add four new positions, including a nurse practitioner at the medical clinic and a dentist for the dental clinic.

"We'll have twice as many appointments available each day," medical clinic coordinator Mary Rahr said.

The grant is paid for by taxpayer dollars as part of the Affordable Health Care Act, which includes provisions to expand access to community clinics as a way to reduce health care costs.

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