Roll Call

By: Sandhya Raman

The Senate historically has paid special attention to the needs of rural areas, but as the chamber readies its health care bill, there are concerns that the bill would undermine coverage in those places more than anywhere else.

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About 51 percent of residents in rural West Virginia, 47 percent in Alaska, 38 percent in Maine and 37 percent in Nevada rely on Medicaid, according to a June report from the Georgetown Health Policy Institute. The report found that in non-expansion states, the uninsured rate for adults in small towns and rural areas is 21 percent, almost double the 11 percent uninsured rate in expansion states.

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