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Single-Payer Reform and Rural Health in the United States: Lessons from Our Northern Neighbor

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

Honoring COVID lives lost: Kuei Ching Chen, a grandma who taught her grandson Mandarin abroad

Honoring COVID lives lost: Kuei Ching Chen, a grandma who taught her grandson Mandarin abroad Listen 7 min MORE Kuei Ching Chen immigrated to California from Taiwan in the 1970s. As her children grew up and started their own families, she eagerly became a grandmother. “The grandchildren all were so bonded with Amah. They think she’s the smartest one in the family,” says her son-in-law David Davis. Illustration by Mike Royer. With her husband and three kids in tow, Kuei Ching Chen took the brave step of immigrating to California from Taiwan in the 1970s.  In the days following her arrival, she had a difficult time acclimating. “It takes a lot of strength and bravery to venture to another country where you just don t speak the language and aren’t accustomed to the food to pursue opportunity and a better life for your children,” her daughter Nancy Chen says. 

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