Wire Update

Medicaid plays a larger role in providing health coverage to people living in small towns and rural communities than it does in metropolitan areas, a trend that is particularly striking among children, according to an extensive analysis by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina NC Rural Health Research Program.

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“Medicaid is of critical importance to people living in small towns and rural America,” said Joan Alker, a Georgetown University research professor who is executive director of the Center for Children and Families. “The trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts that Congress and the White House are considering would have an outsized impact on these communities, many of which are still struggling economically.”

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