Insight: Rural health care in crisis
Here are five reforms the Biden administration can enact to turn around troubling trends.
By Lauren Hughes and Sameer VohraThe Conversation
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Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130 have closed, forcing residents to drive farther or delay needed care. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has many of them wondering whether rural health care systems will survive.
Twenty percent of the U.S. population lives in rural America, a region that fuels the country with food and energy. These Americans believe their health care needs have been overlooked or misunderstood by Washington for years.
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Students who achieved academic excellence in their course work during the fall semester were recently recognized at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC cites its top academic students each semester on the President s Honor List, the Dean s Honor List and the Distinguished Achievement List.
Jerry Baker, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, said the students who qualified for the Dean s Honor List attained a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and carried at least 12 hours of academic work. Area students who make the Dean s Honor List were:
⢠Aaron Bearden of Chatsworth
⢠Elexus Salaices of Dalton
The following area students completed courses with exemplary marks and made the President s List for the fall 2020 semester at Georgia College in Milledgeville:
For Ben Butler, the space just felt right.
After months of searching for a site for their new brewery, Butler and his business partner Aaron Easler have signed the lease. Look for a March opening of Necromancer Brewing Co. at 2257 Babcock Blvd. in Ross.
“I grew up in Ross, and I love this part of Pittsburgh,” said Butler. “We had looked at other locations but this was destiny. We are so thrilled to be here. Babcock Boulevard is the crown jewel of the North Hills.” Butler is the founder of Top Hat, a Pittsburgh-based creative branding agency known for collaborating with the craft beer industry, and Easler is the creative director and partner in the firm.
Press House Coffee will debut a new cafe and collaboration beer
Adam Randall is passionate about coffee and he wants you to be, too.
“Coffee’s best the way you like it,” he says. “If you want to put milk and sugar in it, go ahead. It’s not brain surgery; it should be fun.”
Randall’s low-key take on the beverage is generating a lot of buzz on the North Side, where his company, Press House Coffee, is headquartered.
Randall launched the company in 2015 as Green Dragon Coffee (named after the tavern where patriots planned the Boston Tea Party), but rebranded last year to focus less on American history and more on producing a great cup of joe.