In this episode of Inspired to Heal, host Bill Trick sits down with Dan Hawkins, former Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), to trace the 60-year history of the community health center movement. Hawkins shares stories from the program’s 1965 War on Poverty origins in Boston and Mound Bayou, Mississippi, through the rise of migrant health centers, rural health clinics, and Community Health Centers, often also Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Hear how the Affordable Care Act expanded teaching health centers and physician training, and why access to comprehensive primary care remains critical for underserved populations. Essential listening for public health students, safety-net providers, and healthcare policy professionals interested in the history of health equity in America.
Music composed by Kevin MacLeod .
