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- Title
UNDERSTANDING RURAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES: WHY ACCESS MATTERS TO RURAL AMERICANS.
- Authors
Thomas, Craig
- Abstract
In this Policy Essay, Senator Craig Thomas discusses the challenges currently facing rural health care, including a large uninsured population and a growing scarcity of providers. Senator Thomas examines how geographic and demographic factors impair rural health and proposes a number of practical solutions, including collaborative health care networks, greater equity between rural and urban areas for Medicare reimbursement, and direct incentives to physicians and other providers to practice in rural areas. After explaining why the Medicare Prescription Drug Modernization and Improvement Act of 2003 was an important first step toward achieving many of these solutions, Senator Thomas argues that there is still much that needs to be done to revitalize and strengthen rural health.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care; THOMAS, Craig; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; NATIONAL health insurance
- Publication
Harvard Journal on Legislation, 2006, Vol 43, Issue 2, p253
- ISSN
0017-808X
- Publication type
Article