Items Tagged with 'Kaiser Family Foundation'

Medicare expansion proposals could benefit rural health care, if enacted; more realistically, smaller benefits for rural hospitals, and perhaps cheaper drugs for all, may be on the way.

Demand for cheaper, more flexible health plans has prompted cooperatives and farm groups to generate new types of coverage for farm and rural households.

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - Rural Americans contract cancer less often than their urban counterparts, but are more likely to die from it, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that highlights the health care challenges faced by rural residents.