Rural Women in Minnesota Face Obstacles to Health Care

As the health care debate rages on and is making tiny steps forwards and large steps back, we need to look at those impacted by the final outcome. One vastly underrepresented group in this debate is the large number of people living in rural areas. Rural residents face economic hurdles such as unemployment and underemployment and lack of affordable insurance like their urban counterparts, but they also lack basic things like easily accessible clinics and hospitals. Whether you can afford to go or not, if you live in an urban center you can find and access a clinic or ER. But those living in rural areas may have to travel 25, 50, 100 miles to see a doctor they cant afford.
To find out more about these issues check out the article by Andy Birkey at RH Reality Check.


http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/01/rural-women-minnesota-face-obstacles-health-care