How Medicaid policy shapes the future of rural communities
Michael Shepherd discusses the importance of Medicaid in rural communities, and how policy changes to Medicaid impact rural families, local economies, and entire regions.
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Michael Shepherd discusses the importance of Medicaid in rural communities, and how policy changes to Medicaid impact rural families, local economies, and entire regions.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people didn’t spend as much time thinking about a news report about an emerging or reemerging disease popping up in another part of the world—or even in our own country. But now, that news feels different, more consequential. In this new era, where global media attention has turned to epidemiology and infectious disease, how do we understand our situation and feel protected when it seems like we’re hearing about so many diseases all the time?