Experts Warn Rural America Faces Growing Healthcare Affordability Crisis
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Approximately 66 million people in the US live in rural areas. This group, which makes up about one-fifth of the country's population, has long found access to healthcare more difficult and expensive than those in cities. However, according to health policy experts, recent federal regulations are exacerbating existing problems. Speaking at a meeting supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, experts stated that, in particular, […] The arti…
Experts Warn Rural America Faces Growing Healthcare Affordability Crisis
Rural Americans are facing a deepening healthcare crisis as rising costs, hospital instability, workforce shortages and coverage losses converge in communities that already have fewer medical resources and longer distances to care. In a media briefing on September 18, hosted by American Community Media in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health policy experts...
The Quiet Disappearance of Small-Town Healthcare
By Lori Lee MDG Contributing Writer Access to healthcare in rural America has dropped steeply over recent months, threatening hospital closures. This growing crisis has thrown rural communities into jeopardy following recent policy changes, said Catherine Hempstead, a senior policy advisor at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, during a recent American Community Media briefing. Cuts […]
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