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Web Exclusive: Retire And Go Fishing? Not For This Rural Florida Keys Doctor
In 1979, Surgeon Steven J. Smith set up practice in the Upper Keys of Florida because he wanted to be near a place...
Web Exclusive: A Rural Health Reform Shopping List
For healthcare in rural America, there has never been a better time to confront policymaker bias against providers...
Web Exclusive: We Need to Learn What Works for Health
As Congress reassembles and the health reform debate heats up anew, a lot of what is under discussion has to do with...
Web Exclusive: Louisiana Officials Tell Their Stories to Obama Cabinet
This week, five top Obama Administration officials conducted what many said was the first rural health tour of its kind.
Battle looms over funding cuts for MRIs
A coalition of physicians and companies that make medical imaging equipment is lobbying lawmakers to reverse a proposal...
Web Exclusive: Doctor Says New Yorker Used Slanted Stats Against McAllen, TX
When James Stewart, an internist in McAllen, TX, woke up one morning a few weeks ago, his life and that of many other...
Web Exclusive: Obama Will Be a Boon for Rural Health
Judging by his comments on the campaign trail, and by the people he’s picked for key Cabinet posts, I believe...
Web Exclusive: Obama's a Great Unknown for Rural Health
Will President-elect Barack Obama be a plus or a minus for rural healthcare?
Doctors within borders
One July weekend in Wise, VA, a huge annual medical and dental expedition was set up by Remote Area Medical, a...
Senate approves nearly $13 billion rural health bill
The Senate has passed the Health Care Safety Net Act, which provides $12.9 billion dollars for rural and medically...