The long awaited health reform proposal from the Senate Finance Committee was introduced today by Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.). The bill would require most invididuals to have health insurance and would require insurance companies to cover any individual, regardless of a pre-exisiting condition. The proposal does not have...

Facing criticism that he has not offered specifics on his health reform strategy, President Obama spoke before a joint session of Congress last night outlining the details of his newly-formed plan. In the speech, the president touched on the importance of health reform for rural America and specifically mentioned...

As you all know, on Wednesday night, President Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress outlining his health reform plan. In response to this speech, Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said, the health reform bill his committee has been working on all August will be...

As stress in the farming sector rises across Colorado and nationwide, some mental health professionals are hoping the federal government will step in to fund mental health services through the 2010 Farm Bill. But proponents of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network have just one last chance to...

The White House is apparently not kidding around with its new strategy to regain the upper hand in the fight over healthcare reform. President Obama’s big speech on healthcare, intended to restart the debate in Congress and nationally, won’t be your run of the mill affair. Instead, he’s going...

Rural States With Much To Gain Under Reform Also Feature Most Vocal Opponents The biggest opponents of a health care overhaul predominantly reside in rural states. The Los Angeles Times reports: “Some of the most vociferous opposition to the proposals before the House and Senate comes from...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009By ANTHONY A. MESTAS THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN August 25, 2009 12:03 am WALSENBURG – U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet met with doctors, nurses and administrators at three Southern Colorado health care facilities Monday to discuss rural health care and to hear concerns and problems facing small facilities....

Why Rural America Needs Health Reform Rural Problem: Rural Americans are uninsured and underinsured at higher rates than their urban counterparts. • In the smallest and most remote rural areas, the uninsured rate is 23% compared to an urban rate of 19%.• A greater proportion of self-employed workers living...

Governor Ritter announced over $300 million in budget cuts this week. We applaud his efforts in trying to reduce the impact on rural healthcare and safety net services, but these cuts will impact our rural communities, nonetheless. These budget cuts will begin being implemented on September 1st. There will...