NEW: Fewer than two dozen struggling rural hospitals gained a Rural Emergency Hospital designation during the program’s first year. Advocates and lawmakers say tweaks are needed to help more stay open.

Sarah Jane Tribble and Tony Leys report: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/r…

As rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans reaches a tipping point, one small rural Nevada hospital is asking, “How can we sustain?”

Read the article, reported by Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News and NPR. ⬇️ npr.org/sections/healt…

Grateful to Jason and Kelly for sharing and helping others understand what's happening on the ground.

Rural retail giant Dollar General’s partnership w/ DocGo gets mixed reviews in Tennessee. DG and health care clinics “don’t go together,” one resident told

📝: Sarah Jane Tribble kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Facing criticism, feds award first maternal health grant to a predominantly Black rural area. “Very happy to see Mississippi,” said a rural health researcher after hearing of the latest federal funding for the maternal health crisis.

📝: Sarah Jane Tribble kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

great reporting from Sarah Jane Tribble Sarah Jane Tribble on the practical realities and challenges of implementing pop-up health clinics at Dollar Generals, an idea that got a lot of attention during Covid vax campaign as a way to reach rural areas (in theory) kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Such a memorable project and such great collaborators.

“Why isn’t HRSA stepping up to the plate, especially with this rural moms’ program?” - Dr. Jamila Taylor

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👀 A quick video on my latest reporting about rural maternity care and how a federal grant program bypassed black southern women.

See this Instagram video by @kffhealthnews instagram.com/reel/Ct9g9XXu5…

Also this week, julie rovner interviews Sarah Jane Tribble, who reported the latest #BilloftheMonth feature, about a patient with Swiss health insurance who experienced the sticker shock of the U.S. health care system after an emergency appendectomy. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/s…

Miss you Jodie Valade & Tommy Tomlinson!

OMG. Thanks so much for sharing Tommy Tomlinson! I absolutely forgot about this story. I'm smiling so big right now.

Trending now on Apple News: My favorite quote: 'We're moral people.' Comfort wants to pay a fair price, not $42,000 +.

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Correct. But it will cover you in the U.S. if you, like Mr. Comfort, are traveling here from abroad but have worked long enough previously in the U.S. to qualify. Thx to AARP, AARPMedia for answering ?s on this. More details here: medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/11036…