Calif. Health Clinics Struggle In Face of State Cuts

The Native American Health Center in Sacramento is the only community clinic in California’s capital city that is still providing full dental services, but with funding cutbacks the clinic will soon have to turn away adults. The clinic, which serves any race, will continue to serve children and will serve adults only in emergencies. 

The state’s decision to eliminate adult dental benefits, know as Denti-Cal, has the Indian clinic and other cash-strapped community health centers struggling to survive at a time when their cliental is growing most. Read more about it here.