The site would provide access to thousands of underinsured residents and college students.
A new Santa Clara County health clinic could be coming to De Anza College, providing healthcare access to thousands of uninsured and underinsured residents and students.
In October of 2022, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a Valley Health Center near the Palo Alto-Mountain View border in Simitian’s district, on Middlefield Road. The site is set to open this fall and will offer primary care, mental health, pediatrics, OB/GYN and urgent care services.
“There are many folks who fall into the missing middle of health care who make a little too much to qualify for most government programs, but who don’t make enough to have first rate health insurance and or access to first rate healthcare,” Simitian said. The addition would also take some of the burden off of the center in Sunnyvale on South Fair Oaks Avenue. Last fall, the county estimated the site sees nearly 6,000 residents a year and often had a wait time of 34 days before residents could get into see a doctor.
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