Single-Payer Reform and Rural Health in the United States: Lessons from Our Northern Neighbor
Abstract
Single-payer health reform has secured its place in the mainstream American health policy debate, yet its implications for particular subpopulations or sectors of care remain understudied. Amidst many unanswered questions from policymakers and political pundits, rural health has emerged as one such area. This article explores rural Canada’s five-decade-long experience with a national publicly funded health insurance program as a valuable opportunity for cross-national learning. During March 2020, I conducted 13 semi-structured, elite stakeholder interviews with government officials, academic researchers, rural hospital executives, public health association leaders, rural health administrators, and representatives from provincial medical, hospital, and physician associations in Ontario. I found that a single-payer model confers notable advantages over a market-based model, includ
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The Flower Industry: Blooming Through Hard Times By Natalie Mooney New Hanover County PUBLISHED 4:38 PM ET Mar. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED March 7, 2021 @4:38 PM
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CASTLE HAYNE, N.C Mark Hommes, co-owner of Castle Hayne Farms, has always wanted to grow flowers.
He grew up on a bulb farm in the Netherlands, and now he says it’s in his blood. His grandfather’s kids worked for him, then Mark’s dad worked for his grandfather before visiting an aunt in the United States and ultimately ending up in Castle Hayne, North Carolina.
In 2004, Hommes and his parter Edwin van de Bovenkamp bought the farm and have been expanding it since. Now, the farm has a whopping seven acres of greenhouses and 30 acres of fields for outdoor crops. While business has been blooming for the most part, the farm has also faced many challenges.
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COVID-19 is pushing struggling rural hospitals to the brink By Megan Cerullo N95 masks rationed despite growing supply
Hospitals in rural communities across the U.S. have long faced financial woes, with dozens of cash-strapped facilities closing over the past decade. But COVID-19 is threatening to close many more small hospitals in less populated regions, threatening the quality of care for millions of Americans.
A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded that more than a quarter of rural hospitals faced significant financial distress even before the pandemic, forcing them to potentially pull back on offering health care services or even to close down. Executives at rural hospitals that have managed to stayed afloat since the coronavirus struck credit their survival to federal support and other financial aid that has enabled them to continue operating.