Mankato Free Press By: Brain Arola Proposed cuts to Medicaid would disproportionately impact children and adults in rural areas and small towns, according to a report released Wednesday. … The analysis from researchers at Georgetown University and the University of North Carolina used census data to compare Medicaid enrollment and uninsured rates before and after […]
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 Washington Post By: Jose A. DelReal The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion disproportionately benefited rural Americans over their urban counterparts, according to a new report, and President Trump’s proposed cuts to the program could negatively affect millions of them who have come to rely on it for coverage. … The ACA, better known as […]
Kaiser Health News By: Phil Galewitz Trump Country it may be, but rural counties and small towns also make up Medicaid Country — those parts of the nation whose low-income children and families are most dependent on the federal-state health insurance program, according to a report released Wednesday. … “There is no doubt that children […]
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. […]
Arizona Public Media By: Vanessa Barchfield Fifty-four percent of children in Arizona living in small towns and rural areas got health coverage through AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program in 2015, a study said. … “And I think what this research shows is that children and families in small towns and rural areas will be disproportionately […]
