A familiar theme in health care reform is that with partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C., it has fallen to the states to experiment with legislative solutions to health care shortages. (Image: Shutterstock)
A number of states are experimenting with new ideas to address the rural health care crisis in American. Hospital closings, provider shortages, lack of insurance options; all are contributing to a bleak picture for rural health care in general.
A recent article from Stateline, part of the Pew Charitable Trusts, explored the issue and found a number of states trying different approaches to address rural health care problems.
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