Healthcare Challenges Facing Rural Communities

The Jackson Sun

By: Omer Yusuf

The Jackson Sun co-sponsored a public forum with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families on “Tennessee’s Rural Health Crisis” to address the various health care issues in rural communities.

Andy Schneider, a research professor at the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, presented at the forum findings from a new report “Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America: A lifeline for Children, Families and Communities.”

Schneider said in the study the years 2008-09 and 2014-15 were chosen, because they represented the timeframes before and after the Affordable Care Act was implemented.

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