Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
吃瓜不打烊 is working to collect and post approved plans as more states respond to emails and public records requests for their documents.
Rural Health
吃瓜不打烊 covers the health issues facing people who live in America鈥檚 rural reaches.
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Tennessee Tries To Rein In Ballad鈥檚 Hospital Monopoly After Years of Problems
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system with the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, serves patients in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
By Brett Kelman Hush, Fix Your Face
Episode 2In Episode 2 of the 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.
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Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart
The 鈥淪ilence in Sikeston鈥 documentary film explores how the nation鈥檚 first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from 吃瓜不打烊 and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma 鈥 and what it means to speak out about it.
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Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven鈥檛 Slowed the Deaths
Despite years of national strategies to address the suicide crisis in the U.S., rates continue to rise. A chorus of researchers and experts say the interventions will work 鈥 but that they鈥檙e simply not being adopted by state and local governments.
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No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family's traumatic past, too.
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At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients
Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around 鈥 while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.
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In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
State and local governments are struggling to keep up with the increasing burden of heat-related illness as summers get hotter because of climate change. In Missoula County, Montana, officials are working with researchers to understand trends in heat-related 911 calls.
Racism Can Make You Sick
Episode 1The "Silence in Sikeston" podcast explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on health 鈥 from hives and high blood pressure to struggles with mental health. The deaths of two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart in the same Missouri community anchor a conversation about the public health consequences of systemic bias.
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Health Secretary Becerra Touts Extreme Heat Protections. Farmworkers Want More.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has a plan to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, but farmworkers who pick California grapes say they need more, as climate change brings more extreme weather.
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As Record Heat Sweeps the US, Some People Must Choose Between Food and Energy Bills
An increasing number of Americans struggle with energy poverty, the inability to adequately heat or cool one鈥檚 dwelling. Health officials and climate experts are sounding the alarm as record-breaking heat sweeps the nation.
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Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health
State leaders are cutting public health spending and laying off workers hired during a pandemic-era grant boom. Public health officials say the bust will erode important advancements in the public health safety net, particularly in rural areas.
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Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn鈥檛 Pay for Outside Care
The Indian Health Service has a program that can pay for outside appointments when patients need care not offered at agency-funded sites. Critics say money shortages, complex rules, and administrative fumbles often block access, however.
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UCSF Favors Pricey Doctoral Program for Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis
UC-San Francisco is pausing its long-running master鈥檚 program in nurse-midwifery and plans to shift to a lengthier, costlier doctoral program. Midwives criticized the move and questioned the university鈥檚 motivations at a time of serious shortages of maternal care workers.
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With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu
A Colorado picnic celebrated Farmworker Appreciation Day. But some dairy workers there said they aren鈥檛 feeling appreciated: They don鈥檛 have basic protective gear, even as bird flu spreads through area farms.
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Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay.
A collection agency sought court authority to garnish a patient鈥檚 wages to pay a disputed surgery bill. But after the patient showed up in court to argue the bill was bogus, the judge declined to let the bill collector seize her money.
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Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism
Medical aid in death is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia. But only Oregon and Vermont explicitly allow out-of-state people who are terminally ill to die with assistance there. So far, at least 49 people have made the trek while state legislation stalls elsewhere.
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Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia
鈥淐ertificate of need鈥 laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
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Inside the Political Fight To Build a Rural Georgia Hospital
Political drama involving a rural Georgia county reflects how state regulations that govern when and where hospitals can be built or expanded are evolving.
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Most Black Hospitals Across the South Closed Long Ago. Their Impact Endures.
Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, was established to exclusively admit Black patients during a time when Jim Crow laws barred them from accessing the same health care facilities as white patients. Its closure underscores how hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. fell casualty to social progress.