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With an infusion of $11 billion, the 1,300 community health centers across the U.S. have been hailed as the backbone of the Affordable Care Act's plan to leave no one without health care. That's a lot of money to accomplish a lot of good. It's also a lot of money to tempt those with larcenous intent. Two years ago, Alabama Media Group discovered that two community health centers -- Birmingham Health Care and Central Alabama Comprehensive Health -- had paid more than $2 million for contracts to companies owned by the centers' CEO. Now there are indictments and allegations of $14 million in federal funds being diverted to private hands.