Health Insurance News Rural Communities Of Color Across The Us Find New Ways To Get The Health Care They Need

Gov. Tim Walz Says Accessible Rural Health Care is a ‘Hell of a Tall Order’

The governor delivered a video address at the Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care in Sioux Falls Tuesday. Read More

Cuts to Medicaid may force a transformation in rural health care

When Kasey Shakespear broke his leg as a teenager, it took eight hours to get the care he needed. For 35 minutes, he rode an ambulance from his hometown of Tropic, past Bryce Canyon’s red rock cliffs, ... Read More

Kennedy and Dr. Oz: Rural America's health care is collapsing. Here's how we transform it. | Exclusive

Despite higher rates of chronic disease in rural areas vs. their urban counterparts, rural America's health care infrastructure is collapsing. Since 2010, about 150 rural hospitals have closed or been ... Read More

$50B Plan Seeks to Revolutionize Rural Health Care Across America

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration announced a sweeping $50 billion initiative to overhaul rural health care, unveiling details last week on how states can apply for funding to strengthen ... Read More

New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistance

New Mexico legislators moved quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition pr ... Read More

Rural health clinics are closing after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ raising the legislation’s political risks

Exactly two months after President Donald Trump signed his policy megabill in a July 4 celebration at the White House, a Virginia health care company blamed the law for the closure of three rural ... Read More

Applications for ‘big beautiful’ rural health fund open for states

States can begin applying Monday for their share of a $50 billion fund for rural health providers under the GOP’s tax and spending law, but they need to move quickly. The Trump administration has ... Read More

Risk of higher health insurance costs for Coloradans rises after Congress fails to renew subsidies as part of shutdown fight

Colorado leaders and health care advocates are warning that Congress has little time left to prevent a surge in health insurance premium rates next year — an issue at the heart of the federal ... Read More

Inside UNC Health’s 1st-of-a kind rural women’s health fellowship

UNC Health is aiming to build a new pipeline of OB-GYNs equipped not only to practice in rural communities, but to take on leadership roles where they can address longstanding disparities in maternal ... Read More