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Access to Health Care in Rural Communities

WEBAccess to Health Care – Multifacited Concerns. The challenges that face people in rural communities when it comes to heathcare are multifaceted. The first thing …

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Rural Healthcare Initiative

WEBWe are committed to protecting the health and well-being of farm and rural families & rural economies. We know that local communities know best what their healthcare needs …

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Medicaid Postpartum Expansion is Real, Available in Missouri Now!

WEBLast May, the Missouri legislature passed a bill to give new mothers Medicaid coverage for a full year instead of just 60 days. Although Gov. Mike Parson signed the …

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Missouri Health Care Network

WEBMissouri’s Health Care Network. It is a challenge for rural communities in Missouri to establish and sustain a health care system which provides essential health services to …

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Medicaid Expansion and Implementation

WEBIn an historic election on August 4th 2020 Missourians voted to expand Medicaid to potentially cover hundreds of thousands of people both rural and urban.

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Corporate Control of Healthcare

WEBFor profit corporations run healthcare with profit at the forefront not patient care or quality of care. A 2011 study in Health Services Research found that for-profit chains had 13% …

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Rural Healthcare

WEBMedicaid Minute with Iva Shepard – Postpartum Extension and Annual Renewal. Jan 26, 2024. On this edition of MRCC’s Medicaid Minute, we were joined by …

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Growing the Local Food Chain

WEBOur “Growing the Local Food Chain in Missouri” project builds on Missouri Rural Crisis Center’s and Patchwork Family Farms existing local food framework by increasing the …

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Loss of Local Control Hurts Rural Communities

WEBBut corporate ag had their crosshairs on county health ordinances for decades, and for decades family farmers and rural Missourians have stopped their …

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Senate Bill 391 eliminates local control, putting our farms, families

WEBSenator Mike Bernskoetter, the new Chair of the Senate Ag Committee, sponsored and is advancing a bill (Senate Bill 391) that will strip Local Control from rural …

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Does your zip code determine how long you live

WEBMissourians need Medicaid expansion as seen in The Joplin Globe July 26th, 2020 Right now, where you live determines how long you’ll live. As a critical care nurse, …

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Can Medicaid Help People Get Care & Help Care Centers Stay Open

WEBLetters to the Editor as seen in the Springfield News-Leader June 27th, 2020 Medicaid ensures people get health care regardless of financial situation As a nurse, I …

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Articles and News

WEBPresident Biden Issues Executive Order to Promote Competition in American Economy and Agriculture and Food. Jul 13, 2021. Media Statement; July 9, 2021 …

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Factory Farm and State Policy

WEBA federal program initiated as part of the 1985 farm bill mandating a $1 per head tax on producers every time cattle are sold. Since 1985, per capita beef …

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Health Care in the Heartland

WEB3 Key finding 3 Nearly 1 in 4 farmers who relied on individual insurance reported high premiums of $1,000 or more a month, and 1 in 3 reported high deductibles of over …

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