No doubt about it, rural America is going to get a boost from the health insurance reform measures passed by Congress over the weekend. Regardless of what happens to the additional changes proposed by the House, the basic framework is now the law of the land and begins to move health care in a new [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health Care Reform’
Rural America a winner in Health Insurance Reform
Posted in Health Care, tagged Health Care Reform, Rural Communities on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rural issues missing from health care reform debate
Posted in Health Care, tagged Health Care, Health Care Reform, Rural Communities on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our friend John Roberts with the Nebraska Rural Health Association says: “You can expand insurance coverage, but if you don’t have the personnel it won’t mean anything.” That seems like an obvious point, yet it’s one that has gone unmentioned by most policymakers now arguing over health reform. In fact, few of the many challenges [...]
Health Care Reform Without a Public Option Isn’t
Posted in Health Care, tagged Health Care Reform on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it me or has it been an exceptionally bizarre few weeks on the health care reform front? Opponents of health care reform, many of them hired by the insurance lobby, have stepped up their threats in recent days, alleging that congressional plans will mandate such things as death panels, forced abortions and rationed care [...]
