“Rural health care is ill-suited for an increasingly profit-driven health care system, & we must design policies accordingly if we are to keep providers in rural places.The more our health care system has privatized, the more rural communities have been left behind.” @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
Whitney Zahnd
Rural Health at a Crossroads: How Policymakers Have Failed Rural America and What Can Be Done for a Healthier Tomorrow onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Policy Points Rural communities have more limited access to medical care and worse health outcomes. Existing federal and state policies largely fall short in addressing rural access disparities. ...