PRX Rural Issues Reporting Project: Rural Healthcare in the 2008 Election
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The challenges of providing healthcare access for rural populations are mounting. In this report, KBIA reporters check in with rural healthcare providers and patients to get their perspectives, and examine what policy makers and politicians have to say about the healthcare needs of rural areas.
This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494
The challenges of providing healthcare access for rural populations are mounting. In this report, KBIA reporters check in with rural healthcare providers and patients to get their perspectives, and examine what policy makers and politicians have to say about the healthcare needs of rural areas.
This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494
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The challenges of providing healthcare access for rural populations are mounting. In this report, KBIA reporters check in with rural healthcare providers and patients to get their perspectives, and examine what policy makers and politicians have to say about the healthcare needs of rural areas. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494
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SAIDIRURALHEALTH0910 9/10/08 Janet Saidi
In the issue of healthcare, access is a key word.
It means, simply, getting the right amount of healthcare - when you need it, and where you need it.
Sounds simple enough ? but as the number of uninsured Americans increases, and healthcare costs soar, this issue of access has stymied politicians.
And for rural areas, the challenges of getting the right amount of healthcare when you need it, and where you need it, are even greater.
In Columbia, Missouri, reporter Janet Saidi has been visiting the back roads to find out what key planners and providers think about healthcare ? and what they want to hear from politicians.
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In the issue of healthcare, access is a key word.
It means, simply, getting the right amount of healthcare - when you need it, and where you need it.
Sounds simple enough ? but as the number of uninsured Americans increases, and healthcare costs soar, this issue of access has stymied politicians.
And for rural areas, the challenges of getting the right amount of healthcare when you need it, and where you need it, are even greater.
In Columbia, Missouri, reporter Janet Saidi has been visiting the back roads to find out what key planners and providers think about healthcare ? and what they want to hear from politicians.
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