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Health Care in the Rural West: Persistent Problems, Glimmers of Hope

Click image to view interactive feature. Giving a typhoid innoculation at a school in rural San Augustine County, Texas, 1943. (Photo: John Vachon via the Library of Congress)  By Michael De Alessi...

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House Threatens Funding for Rural Health Training

Photo by Flickr user Jeua With this blog post, we introduce Robin Pam. She is the co-author of our essay on rural health care and will be appearing from time to time with posts on the on-going problems...

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Rural Health Care Advocates Welcome New White House Rural Council

President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tour a Missouri farm, in April 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By Robin Pam Teddy Roosevelt’s Country Life Commission released its...

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A Heated Argument About the Quality of Care in Rural Hospitals

Map of hospitals designated "Critical Access Hospitals" that are eligible for Medicare financing to shore up health care access in underserved communities. (Source: the Flex Monitoring Team, a...

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High Stakes for Rural Health in Fight over Affordable Care Act

(Photo: Edgar Zuniga, Jr. via Flickr) By Robin Pam According to a new report from the Center for Rural Affairs, conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke are responsible for 75...

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Bakken Boom Fractures North Dakota Health Care

The emergency room at Mercy Hospital in Williston, North DakotaThe Bakken oil boom in western North Dakota has put a tremendous strain on the rural region’s small hospitals. A declining, older...

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