PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine is getting nearly $1.3 million in federal grants for community health centers.
The city of Portland is getting $500,000 to address immediate improvements. The Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc., in Bangor, is getting $498,000 for improvements, too.
The Pines Health Service in Caribou is getting $270,000 in the same category.
The grants are part of the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act.
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