• Bennet Tours Walsenburg, Custer County Health Spots

    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. In Walsenburg and other rural areas across the nation some people […]
  • Why Rural America Needs Health Care Reform

    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 in rural, areas are uninsured (40%), compared to self-employed workers in […]