US | George W. Bush With Clinics, Bush Leaves Compassionate Mark Federal funding has doubled for community health centers By Katherine Thompson Posted Dec 26, 2008 11:52 AM CST Copied David Thomas, left, gets his blood pressure checked by program coordinator Brenda Buchanan, right, at a Milwaukee clinic. (AP Photo) One Bush project that President-elect Obama isn’t likely to overturn is the expansion of funding for nonprofit medical clinics in underserved areas. The push—unequalled since Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty—to provide accessible health care for the poor and uninsured was one of the campaign promises President Bush described as “compassionate conservatism,” the New York Times reports. Though access to clinics is by no means universal, funding for the program more than doubled and the number of people reached jumped to 16 million. To proponents of universal health care, the clinics are merely a stopgap, but to their patients, they are a godsend. “You can go and feel like you’re being treated like a person,” one says. Read These Next Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Report an error