Rural Health Care Demands National Attention

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a new report that highlights the challenges of health care delivery in rural areas of the Upper Midwest. The study identifies four key areas for reform that could apply nationally to all rural communities. The project utilizes information learned from Nebraska, one of seven states The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) focuses grantmaking on through their Rural Healthcare Program based in South Dakota.

The report, Reinventing Rural Health Care: A Case Study of Seven Upper Midwest States, was created over a six-month period...