Rural Areas Could Be Disproportionately Hurt If Medicaid Cuts Enacted

08 Jun Rural Areas Could Be Disproportionately Hurt If Medicaid Cuts Enacted

​More families in small towns and rural areas are enrolled in Medicaid than in urban areas, so rural areas are more likely to feel the effects of any changes to the program, according to a report from health researchers at Georgetown and the University of North Carolina. Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families, said there is no doubt the Medicaid cuts laid out in the American Health Care Act would impact children and disproportionately affect…
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