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Community health centers struggle to meet demand from poor and uninsured patients

By Courier-Journal  
   January 23, 2012

As the nation's economic slump continues, growing numbers of uninsured patients are straining community health facilities such as the Family Health Centers and Park DuValle Community Health Center, which between them operate 10 clinics in Louisville and one in Taylorsville. Officials of both organizations said visits by such patients rose 20 percent from 2007 to 2010 and now constitute more than half of their patient base.

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