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People who live in rural food deserts also tend to be older, because of an exodus of young people (ages 20–29) born in such areas who decide to leave once they can. [21] From 2013 County Health Ratings data, residents who live in rural U.S. food deserts are more likely to have poorer health than those who live in urban food deserts. People ...
Medical literature addressing health disparities in urban centers has applied the term medical desert to areas that are more than five miles from the nearest acute care facility. [11] Racial demographic disparities in healthcare access are also present in rural areas, particularly with Native Americans living in rural areas receiving inadequate ...
Supporters of single-payer point to the closure of over 100 rural hospitals since 2010, with over 400 also at risk of closure, as evidence of the failure of a for-profit health insurance system unaffordable to many rural residents and unsustainable for hospitals that rely on reimbursements from private insurance. [57]
And because consumers with health insurance often must pick up a portion of their bill, health care prices matter. An MRI can cost $300 or $3,000, depending on where you get it. A colonoscopy can ...
Insurance industry trade group AHIP said in an emailed statement that health plans, providers and drugmakers share responsibility to make care as affordable as possible and easier to navigate.
Burlingame, Kansas (pictured) is an example of a food desert. All three preexisting grocery stores in Burlingame closed, and the closest grocery store is over 40 km (25 mi) away in Topeka, Kansas. [1] A food desert is an area that has limited access to food that is plentiful, affordable, or nutritious.
Health insurance industry officials remain uncharacteristically reserved in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.
In 1989, Florida’s legislature approved a rural health bill that included an amendment introduced by Westbrook’s neighbor, a state senator. The measure allowed for the establishment of for-profit hospices, just so long as the entity had been incorporated before 1978. Westbrook’s hospice was one of three in the state that fit that description.