Daily Yonder article by Bill Bishop Rural and urban suicide rates were about the same in the early 1970s. By the late 1990s, rates of suicide were 54% higher in U.S. rural areas than in U.S. cities. Attempted and completed suicides take place at higher rates in rural communities,...

Earlier today, the Senate Finance Committee began marking up the proposed bill that was introduced last week by Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont). With over 500 proposed amendments to the bill, some interesting debate should ensue the next couple of weeks. To see a list of the proposed amendments, please...

The Kaiser Family Foundation website has an interactive tool where you can compare the current health care reform proposals that are being debated at the national level. Please click HERE for more information.

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...