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Dr. Olga Maeve is finishing up her medical residency at Clinica Sierra Vista in Bakersfield, California.

Teaching health clinics work in underserved communities across the US, but funding is set to run out

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A federally funded medical training program offers new doctors perks to practice in poor and rural areas. But Congress may pull the plug on the funding.

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